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When Sooner is Better
by Miranda Reiman
Early weaning and drought strategies have
been married in the marketplace of ideas. It’s a union of convenience — perhaps the easiest place to track benefits, and almost universally accepted.
Most experts agree forage shortages provide the perfect time to move weaning up, but divorcing those ideas could help producers explore other angles for their herds.
“Drought is just one example of a broader situation that lends itself to early weaning strategies,” says Steve Loerch, animal scientist at Ohio State University (OSU).
He suggests cattlemen faced with high land values, stocking for the “summer slump” or heavy-milking herds take a second look at the practice. ...
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