Jordan Thomas tackles human nature’s influence on the cow-calf operation. He says the focus on calf numbers likely keeps cows in the herd that don’t belong. Extended calving and hay-feeding seasons are a symptom of this tendency.
Long hay-feeding seasons and long calving seasons are really just manifestations of the same fundamental problem” –
Source: BEEF, January 2020. Link.
INSIGHTS: Thomas delivers a straightforward message worthy of discussing with most any producer. Culling is counterintuitive to human nature. Still, cull-cow price and cull-cow weight have long been among the top contributors to profits.