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Economic Comparison of Spring-Calving Dates and Cold Injury in the US Southern Plains

Published:2023-10-31 Issue:4 Volume:55 Page:696-709
ISSN:1074-0708
Container-title:Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Agric. Appl. Econ.

Author:

Upton Amanda,Bir Courtney^ORCID,DeVuyst Eric^ORCID

Abstract

AbstractCalving date affects feed costs, calf weaning weights, marketing dates, labor availability, and, potentially, calf health. Employing recent estimates of calf weaning weights and surveys of producers, feedlot operators, and veterinarians, we model expected profits as a function of calving date. January-calving herds had the highest annualized net returns, a result driven by older weaning dates and heavier weaning weights. However, survey results show March and April were the most common calving months. This may be due to both weather and labor demand concerns. If weaning ages are restricted to 205 days, January calving was the least profitable because of higher feed costs.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

Economics and Econometrics,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)

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