“Not worth having?”

IF your calving / breeding season is longer than 42 days it means you are calving at the conventionally RIGHT time and sustainably WRONG time.

Calves born in the middle of the rainy season.

These calves are conventionally considered “not worth having”. They are being weaned at four to five-and-a-half months of age in line with the principle of “calving, breeding and weaning during the period of best nutrition”.

Body condition of cow and calf at calving and prior to weaning.

“Not worth having” ?

If the goal is “maximum sustainable profit per hectare” then we need to question ALL of conventional wisdom.