I missed where you are from, but I raise cattle in Northeastern SD/Western MN. We calve on grass in May and June. It gets busy taking care of calves and planting a crop, but the weather rarely gives us trouble for calving. The beef research unit in Dickinson, ND has made the change from early spring to early summer calving, and there are a few articles online that describe that process. Google BeefTalk with Kris Ringwall for some of that info... Personally, I don't know any other calving season than May/June, so I can't compare it to calving at any other time of the year for you. But I know the big disadvantage of May/June calving is having a lighter calf to sell in the fall. We background all our calves and run them on grass the next summer, then finish them on our place. If you plan to run yearlings, I think the light-weight feeder calf disadvantage wouldn't really apply to your situation. If you live where it gets really hot in the summer, having cows over-conditioned and calving could result in more work for you to help them calve. But it should take less winter feed to maintain a cow calving later, scours shouldn't bother as much, and you should have calves hitting the ground at the peak of forage quality for the cows to milk well on. Good Luck! Lon
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