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<blockquote data-quote="Big Cheese" data-source="post: 1484302" data-attributes="member: 23385"><p>A lot of people can't afford to go buy a bull whenever they need too. If somebody has a really small operation, 25 or less cows its not really cost efficient to go buy a $3000+ bull when its going to take a long time to recoup the money. It can also be the other way around....if somebody has herds that are 250+ and they run 5-7 bulls per herd then you can get away with keeping a homegrown bull from time to time. Most farmers that are that big though have their own full blood stock so that they can raise their own bulls and cut down on that cost. I know a farmer that does this and his bulls are really nice Full Blood Charolais bulls, we have actually bought a bull from him and we will start having calves out of him around the end of March to First of April. Some people also may have a herd of 60-70 cows with one mature bull on them and may just want to keep a homegrown bull to run with the mature bull as a clean up bull in case the mature bull is stuck on another cow or something happens that they don't know about and they won't lose a calf crop. It doesn't add up spending 3000 when that's all you need it for. Then, you can sell the homegrown bull with the mature bull then buy two young bulls at the same time to replace them. Plus if you have to buy more then just one bull then bulls can get expensive! Small farmers can really save by just raising one homegrown bull when they have to buy multiple bulls at one time. Also, some farmers may just like raising their own bulls. All of this is based off of farmers who run their bulls year round like we do. </p><p></p><p>I personally liking getting good young registered bulls for our herd because I believe it really does make a difference in your calves. I just want to raise a homegrown Charolais bull just to see how it goes lol. This is all based off of my opinion just saying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Cheese, post: 1484302, member: 23385"] A lot of people can't afford to go buy a bull whenever they need too. If somebody has a really small operation, 25 or less cows its not really cost efficient to go buy a $3000+ bull when its going to take a long time to recoup the money. It can also be the other way around....if somebody has herds that are 250+ and they run 5-7 bulls per herd then you can get away with keeping a homegrown bull from time to time. Most farmers that are that big though have their own full blood stock so that they can raise their own bulls and cut down on that cost. I know a farmer that does this and his bulls are really nice Full Blood Charolais bulls, we have actually bought a bull from him and we will start having calves out of him around the end of March to First of April. Some people also may have a herd of 60-70 cows with one mature bull on them and may just want to keep a homegrown bull to run with the mature bull as a clean up bull in case the mature bull is stuck on another cow or something happens that they don't know about and they won't lose a calf crop. It doesn't add up spending 3000 when that's all you need it for. Then, you can sell the homegrown bull with the mature bull then buy two young bulls at the same time to replace them. Plus if you have to buy more then just one bull then bulls can get expensive! Small farmers can really save by just raising one homegrown bull when they have to buy multiple bulls at one time. Also, some farmers may just like raising their own bulls. All of this is based off of farmers who run their bulls year round like we do. I personally liking getting good young registered bulls for our herd because I believe it really does make a difference in your calves. I just want to raise a homegrown Charolais bull just to see how it goes lol. This is all based off of my opinion just saying. [/QUOTE]
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