Dr. Ron Gill

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Throw out the normal culling criteria just because the market's good for this mentality of well, let's keep her one more year.

That may actually wind up costing you money.

The middle frame sized cows are probably the ones that are most efficient in a commercial cow operation.

So in my opinion, now's a great time to get your cow herd more uniform in size and shape.

Appreciate the opportunity to be here.

Well, I think the have to, if I was to say one, would be have a pregnancy that you're gonna get a calf out of.

That's probably anywhere five to ten times more important than any production trait we can look at.

So reproductive performance is key.

Now with that said, with the cost of some of the replacement cattle out there

We may have to change some of our thinking on that, 'cause is it cheaper to keep a cow?

That may not have

Conceived for

Whatever reason.

If we think she'll be a productive cow in the future, do we keep her?

And so I do think that's kinda changed in this market signals with the cost of replacements, even retaining your own heifers.

It's a pretty expensive process right now.

So historically I'm always they don't have a pregnancy, they're gone.

I've kind of rethought that in the last couple of years because of these markets.

I don't think it's as cut and dried as it is in a regular production cycle.

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