Ive personally not used it, but alot of neighbors have. My opinion from talking with them is its more labor intensive of course,and you have to pay real close attention to your cows.Cost is more overall i believe.and of course your working more with large animals so chances of getting hurt increases. BUT most were satisfied as far a calves go,and its far easier to change or improve your herd If your good at keeping records. As far as shortening calving time goes,again a lot can be done with good record keeping,and by careful culling of your cows. Thats what most range cattle operations around here do where we turn cattle out and pretty much leave them be. They simply cull their herd out keeping cows that come in more or less at the same time or in a narrow window of time. Over a period of a few years you can cut your calving time way down,and since your heifers you keep are more or less the same age they also start coming in around the same age.Of course it takes longer to do it this way,but lots of the old ranchers made every local cattle auction religeously and were always buying and selling. Back a few years ago that was the meeting place for farm families and was the center of most small towns. But most of that has changed and the insemination deal appeals to a lot of folks because of the tighter control. My grandad did it by simply keeping the bull penned and turning the cows into him. But that has drawbacks also in that he had to be fed and watered every day and it tied you down to the farm as far as spending the weekend elsewhere etc.His bulls were never out with the cattle,but it takes a good pen to hold them sometimes. and having a gentle bull you can work with is paramount. Most of them were more or less pets,that although you didnt hand feed them or anything ,you could scratch them,would come when you called etc. Another way some folks did was to move their bull from pasture to pasture. Never drove one from one pasture to the next,but always trailered. Theres still a lot of bulls around that will walk into a trailer anywhere if you simply open the tailgate . I had one that slept in the trailer in bad weather. but again you need gentle bulls and remember to stand aside when he comes out.(fresh meat and all you know,LOL)
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