Blocked, seasonal calving allows the animals' nutrient requirements to be best adapted to the quality of the feed - especially the pastures . In addition, all animals are in the same stage of lactation, which makes feeding easier and minimizes the risk of over- or under-feeding.
Through block calving, larger and more uniform batches be delivered to cattle fatteners who buy and fatten out feeders from suckler cows. If, on the other hand, young cattle are marketed directly from the farm, customers expect a continuous purchase opportunity, which in turn speaks against block calving.
In this new ÖAG-Info 2/2024, Johann Häusler, Patrick Gregoritsch, Franz Augustin, Lukas Huber, August Bittermann, Christian Ruetz, Julia Forster and Margit Velik deal with the following topics relating to suckler cow farming:
- Seasonal calving and calving periods (winter calving, spring or early summer calving, autumn calving and continuous calving)
- Advantages and disadvantages of seasonal calving
- Calving period - feeding and economics
- The bull in suckler cow husbandry
- The ideal cow for seasonal calving
- Animal health and fertility
- Marketing and
- two company reports
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3-page excerpt from the ÖAG information “Seasonal calving in suckler cow husbandry”
