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Title: CowCalf Operations


1
Cow-Calf Operations
  • Its all about BEEF!

2
Advantages
  • Forage is cheaper than feed.
  • Less labor requirements.
  • Low death loss.
  • Adapt well.
  • Good demand for producers, especially
  • small producers, because inexpensive.

3
Disadvantages
  • Through droughts, cost increases, due to no grass
    and feeding feed
  • Dont convert grass as good as feed.
  • Fewer offspring per year, compared to other
    species.
  • High cost to start operation i.e. land

4
Cow-Calf Operations
  • How does it work?
  • What type of cattle are used?
  • When is the calving season?

5
Whats the Bulls Job?
  • How many cows can one bull breed each season?
  • How many bulls would you need if owned 200 cows?
  • What is another way to breed your cows?

6
Heifers What are these creatures?
  • When are heifers able to start breeding?
  • Gestation period of 283 days (9 months)
  • Can a cow ever have twins?

7
Moo-cows get hungry too!
  • What do we feed beef cattle?
  • Mainly forages- grasses and legumes.
  • Grasses
  • Bermuda, Fescue
  • Legumes
  • Clovers, Alfalfa
  • Pasture free of weeds. Why?

8
Supplements
  • Minerals
  • Fed free choice
  • Creep feeding
  • What is it?

9
Where are we at in the process?
  • Calf is born.
  • Calf is weaned.
  • Where does it go next?

10
Backgrounding system
  • Cattle is fed high quality forages and maybe some
    grain for about a 4-6 month period. Usually on
    the fall off in spring or on in spring off in
    fall.
  • This is done to increase size of your cattle, as
    cheaply as possible. Because again grass is
    cheaper than feed.

11
Finishing system
  • Cattle is fed to slaughter weight here.
  • -start at about 800lbs
  • -finished at 1100-1400lbs
  • -fed for about 150-175 days
  • Commercial feedlots
  • MidWestern and Southwestern U.S.
  • Fed feed concentrates
  • -high energy- corn, milo, oats

12
Nowhere to go but,
  • Slaughter House
  • Finally, beef is sent to HEB to be consumed by us.

13
Review of Process
  • Cow calf operator- conception to weaning, 15
    months.
  • Backgrounder- raises weaned calves until they are
    ready to go to feedlot. 4-6 months
  • Feedlot- fattens cattle to slaughter weight,
    usually 5-6 months.
  • Slaughter House to Grocery store to Table.

14
Process Review Cont.
  • Total time require to get beef to the consumer.
  • From the first thought of the next calf crop to
    the table, right at or just over 2 years.
  • From the birth of a calf to the table, right at
    16-17 months.

15
Review
  • What is a cow-calf operation?
  • What do we feed?
  • Where are the beef cattle finished off?
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