Feeding Calves to Produce Quality Beef

There are many reasons that we might wish to wean calves earlier than the traditional 205 days of age. Some of these conditions include: when forage supplies are low such as in a drought, when forage supplies are low quality like pure fescue pastures in mid summer, when you are having problems getting cows and/or first calf heifers bred, when you wish to market cull cows that have calved on a better market than the fall market, when winter feed supplies are limited and you want the cows to enter the winter in better condition, when you want to summer calve to reduce winter feed cost for the cow, and when you wish to produce high quality beef from your calves.