Effects of Wintering System on Cow and Calf Performance in a Summer- Calving Intensive Production System

Authors

Shelby E. Gardine, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Jason M. Warner, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Curtis J. Bittner Bittner, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Robert G. Bondurant, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Karla Jenkins, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Richard J. Rasby, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Matt K. Luebbe, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Galen E. Erickson, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Terry J. Klopfenstein, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2017

Citation

2017 Nebraska Beef Cattle Report. University of Nebraska Extension MP104. Lincoln, NE.

Comments

© 2016 The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.

Abstract

A study evaluated the effects of two wintering systems (cornstalk grazing and drylot feeding) on cow- calf performance in a summer- calving intensively managed cowherd at two locations. Grazing cow- calf pairs on cornstalks resulted in lower ending BW of cows and reduced ADG of calves when compared to drylot cow- calf pairs at weaning. A partial budget of incorporating winter cornstalk grazing into an intensive production system suggests that cows wintered on cornstalks were $136.85 more profitable when compared to cows wintered in the drylot.