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COW-CALF OPERATIONSABOUT COW-CALF |
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WeaningThe fall roundup is a tradition on many western ranches and is still often done on horseback. Cows and calves are brought in from their summer pastures and separated. By this time the cows have been rebred and will need all their nutrition to maintain their own body condition over the winter and nurture next year's calf growing inside them. This year's calf will by now be almost as big as its mother. The calves are ready to eat grass and hay on their own, and it's time for them to be weaned. At this point most cow-calf operators sell their year's calf production to another farmer who specializes in backgrounding or finishing cattle. Some of the female calves may be kept in the herd to replace older cows for breeding, or may be sold to another farmer to be added to his cow herd. |
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