Plan sustained nutrition for lifetime performance in your herd. What a cow eats during pregnancy permanently impacts her calf’s lifelong performance. While many ranchers focus on the final trimester, early maternal nutrition actually plays a critical role in developing the calf’s vital organs and muscle cells.
Maintaining a Body Condition Score (BCS) of 6 at calving delivers massive reproductive and economic benefits. Proper sustained nutrition from conception through weaning ensures:
- Healthier Calves: Calves develop better lung function, gain increased disease resistance from high-quality colostrum, and achieve heavier weaning weights.
- Stronger Reproduction: Well-nourished cows rebreed much faster, sustain peak milk production longer, and produce more milk daily.
- Higher Profits: Herds fed to meet proper nutrient requirements wean up to 12% more calves compared to restricted herds.
You can easily provide this crucial year-round support using Land O’Lakes Purina Feed equipped with Intake Modifying (IM) Technology. This system supplements your herd 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The technology automatically adjusts the cow’s supplement intake based on your pasture’s changing forage quality and quantity. By offering sustained nutrition through IM Technology, you increase pregnancy rates, reduce labor, and significantly boost your bottom line.
As the saying goes, calves are what their mamas eat! Visit Steinhauser’s today to set up a year-round Purina feeding program and maximize your herd’s potential.