With the fall-calving season just around the corner, it is time to start thinking about increased cow nutrition needs at calving and during lactation.

It seems as though more and more producers are calving in the fall. Fall calves tend to bring more than their spring counterparts because of lower weaned calf supply in the spring market.

Body condition score is one of the most frequently discussed measurements to assess the nutrition status and subsequent reproductive potential of both individual animals and the overall herd.

With historic cow slaughter numbers we have seen over the past year, I think many of us are wondering what the cull cow market will look like this fall.