Is she bred, and what to do with her if she is!
All things considered the past 6 to 8 months have collectively been some of the most stressful conditions experienced in Ohio in years. With the 2024 drought followed by mud, followed by the coldest mid-winter in years, plus temperatures that have gone from one extreme to another multiple times since, regardless if calving in spring or fall, that stress can prove to be devastating on the pregnancy rates of a cow herd.
The third session of the 2025 Ohio Virtual Beef School on March 26 featured a deep dive into two resulting questions that should be on every cattleman’s mind: Why Are My Cows Open? and Open Cows – Keep or Cull? Listen in below as the recent virtual Ohio Beef School explored those two topics.