The girls are shedding out nicely and are heavy with calf.  We manage our breeding season to calve within a sixty-day time frame and when the available forage supply is of good quality.  During this time leading up to calving, the cows are on some of our best pasture. Good nutrition in the final months of pregnancy is important.  This nutrition aids the calves as they develop the gland systems which will serve them as they grow into future breeding stock.  The first calves will drop mid-June when the normal temperatures are not too hot or too cold.