Health Tips

• Heat stress conditions are still possible in some areas.
• Horn and face fly season is ending. Remove remaining insecticidal fly tags.

Forage & Nutrition Notes

• Monitor body condition scores and adjust nutritional program as needed.
• Consider overseeding warm-season perennial pastures with cool-season annual grasses and legumes.
• Conduct a forage analysis on stored hay, baleage, and silage before feeding to develop an accurate supplementation strategy.

Winter Calving Herd

• Finish weaning late calves.
• Train calves to eat from a bunk and drink from a water trough.
• Select and permanently identify replacement heifers.
• Plan a heifer development program to reach target breeding weights.

Spring Calving Herd

• Perform pregnancy check on cows/heifers and cull cows/ heifers based on pregnancy status, soundness, health, and performance.
• Make sure calves are weaned and weighed within acceptable age range for breed associations and performance record keeping.
• Plan a heifer development program to reach target breeding weights.

Fall Calving Herd

• Tag, castrate, dehorn, and implant calves as soon as practically possible. Do not implant replacement heifers.
• Provide good nutrition for lactating cattle and first-calf heifers approaching breeding.
• Evaluate bulls and line up breeding soundness evaluations.

Read the full Beef Cow Herd Planning Calendar here.

Download a PDF of Beef Cow Herd Planning Calendar, ANR-0968-A.