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By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist It seems like yesterday that the cattle were sorted and sent to grass. The summer has been good because of reasonable rain showers, moderate temperatures and good grass growth. Because of this, pulling cattle out of summer pasture is not real popular. At the Dickinson Research Extension Center, we are starting to pull the bulls. Pulling bulls is a management choice. Many producers allow bulls to run the summer with the cows, maybe even into fall and, for a few, well into winter. The logic is there. One less group of cattle to worry about and no one wants to be hauling feed when there is ample grass. For the last few years, the center was geared to pulling bulls in the fall because of the out- of-sight, out-of-mind idea. That choice led to stretched-out calving and more shuffling of cows in the spring. What is the true value of late-bred cows? Well, one would know if a package of bred cows was properly marketed and sold in the fall.
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