Damage from blizzards and flooding have raised the question
of changing future calving seasons to late spring and early summer.
Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State Emeritus Extension animal health
specialist, tells Brownfield in the upper Midwest region, a breeding season in
the hotter months of summer might be feasible, ”Getting the calving out of that
time of the year where, certainly, cold weather, wet weather can have quite a
devastating impact on calf survival.”
Selk says one study shows only a three-percent loss in breeding performance.
Continue reading Bad winter wx forces calving season question at Brownfield Ag News.
