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Bigfoot, Snoopdog and 5S, From a practical stand point. Why fight the established markets? The main breeds have dominated the market for as long as they have been around. I don't know when it started, but in the 70's I became aware that Angus crossed with Hereford topped the market, baldies are...

DCA and Hippie, If a guy loves his cattle, ropes them or just likes to raise them, its doesn't matter to much that they get hammered at the sale barn. Seems like the buyers are looking for a particular kind of calf and none of them have a market for the native cattle. That is changing a little...

Call Me Fence, I think you are right. In reality, the 50:50 herd would only be 50% anyway, even if there is an issue with the alfalfa. So with the pasture they will be on, it's a non-issue.

Feeding Burros. I see your point. That is the other reason for Corrientes in the first place. They don't need high dollar feed and can adapt to most conditions This a theory my son cooked up...after reading about Corrientes and talking with people that have them, he told me about the idea of a...

End Game . The plan is to develop a 50% Corriente:50% Beef herd of lighter momma's that will raise a fast growing highly marketable calf. The alfalfa is to go with unharvested hayground, Prairie hay and Brome.

Does anyone have experience with feeding alfalfa to Corrientes? Is there a difference in feeding Corrientes than an Angus, Charolaisor any other beef?

30 years ago we had CharX cattle. Cross them with anything and they sell well. In the process of building fences now and buying some pairs for retirement as Social Security may not be dependable and not enough.

I told my wife this morning that if a person makes their decisions off the naysayers advice, a person will never do anything. That is a truism that pertains to anything in life. Your experience on Corrientes is worth a lot...35 years ago I bought a wide variety of cows....some were good and...

Again, thanks for all of the input. I understand how markets can be selective. In our area it would be hard to put a quality herd together. A lot can happen to make the payments hard to stay up with. We will probably end up with a mixed herd and straighten them out with good bulls. Hard to say...

Thanks for all the input. Corriente because of all the reasons southalberta mentioned. How do they manage the weather up north? Caustic, I would vote for a West Texas baldy cross after a dry year, but my young partners are ...progressive and maybe right. Thanks for all the answers. Later in the...

After 30 years of being out of the family farm, we have the opportunity to "buy the farm" back. I would appreciate advice from folks that have had experience with Corrientes as to how to get pairs, 50-100, for a reasonable price without buying somebodies culls. Central Midwest area.