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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1786447" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>Warren;</p><p>in 2021, I had extensive talks with a Chief appraiser in my old county that was pushing hard for existing small producers to switch over to backgrounding/feeders instead of cow/calf. About the 3rd session of this I got fed up with it and asked her "Just where the heck do you propose all these light weights are going to come from? They don't grow on trees. Without cow/calf operations there wont BE any calves to enter the feeder programs! Are you saying you think it's a good idea for the small and large producer in San Jac county to go <strong>spend their money on calves OUTSIDE this count</strong>y?"</p><p>She had a look on her face that told me she was completely ignorant about the subject we were discussing.</p><p></p><p>I'm a big proponent of keeping our money close to home.</p><p></p><p>(She really knew very little about cattle but had gotten this dang blurb from some fella with TAMU Agrilife Extension that said cow/calf operations weren't really viable in Texas for small operations and she based her decision on that. Gave me a copy of it and I called the guy. Turns out he was down in Uvalde and when I told him where I was, he backtracked and explained when they write these things, it's for the whole state and then said "Yeah, you folks over in East Texas that get a lot of rain, this doesn't apply to you.")</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1786447, member: 18945"] Warren; in 2021, I had extensive talks with a Chief appraiser in my old county that was pushing hard for existing small producers to switch over to backgrounding/feeders instead of cow/calf. About the 3rd session of this I got fed up with it and asked her "Just where the heck do you propose all these light weights are going to come from? They don't grow on trees. Without cow/calf operations there wont BE any calves to enter the feeder programs! Are you saying you think it's a good idea for the small and large producer in San Jac county to go [B]spend their money on calves OUTSIDE this count[/B]y?" She had a look on her face that told me she was completely ignorant about the subject we were discussing. I'm a big proponent of keeping our money close to home. (She really knew very little about cattle but had gotten this dang blurb from some fella with TAMU Agrilife Extension that said cow/calf operations weren't really viable in Texas for small operations and she based her decision on that. Gave me a copy of it and I called the guy. Turns out he was down in Uvalde and when I told him where I was, he backtracked and explained when they write these things, it's for the whole state and then said "Yeah, you folks over in East Texas that get a lot of rain, this doesn't apply to you.") [/QUOTE]
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