tapeworm
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Heres some stuff to prove to you that its not just my word you need to take about the poor quality of your southern or southeastern calves. Its not hard to find this info if you really want to know about it. Most peopel have known it for years and years. Please dont get mad at me about it and call me names again LOL....just dont read it if you dont want to know the truth. This first is from Clemson college...it is a few years old and YOUVE MADE SOME IMPROVEMENT since then but it still applies to some of you. Hear me?? I know its not all of you!! But its way to many of you
In general, feeder calves produced in the Southeast have earned their very negative reputation because they have been unknown genetic mongrels with lots of health problems. In the feedlot and on the rail, they have not had any predictability, consistency or uniformity in their performance, feed efficiency, carcass cutability or carcass quality because of their mongrelized, unknown genetics. Furthermore, Southeastern calves have more health problems, higher death losses and take longer to get started, to grow and to feed out because they have never been dewormed or vaccinated against any disease until they get to the feedlot or stocker operation. Someone has to pay the cost of these calves' poorer performance and to get them healthy. These postweaning production costs are paid by the seller not by the order buyer's customers. The Southeastern cow-calf producer pays these expenses through buyer discounts for his calves.
http://www.clemson.edu/edisto/beef-db/bc-8001.htm
This one is newer
Summer 2002 saw this type of communication take place when a group of Mississippi veterinarians traveled to Cactus Feeders in Amarillo, Texas, to see how their southeastern calves -- typically described as "high risk" -- fared in that environment. What they saw opened their eyes to changes they needed to take back to their southeastern producers.
"Unfortunately, southeastern cattle are called high-risk because we're not managing them properly at home," says Jim Anderson, D.V.M. and president of the Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, who made the trip to Cactus. "Once we work past that stigma, we'll start getting paid a little bit more for what we raise."
"Our producers need to understand what the feedlot's needs are in producing quality beef," says Harold Newcomb, D.V.M., Batesville, Miss. "The small producer does not always comprehend his role in the cattle industry, or how he can really impact the final product in the store. The lines of communication opened on this trip are the perfect start to achieving this goal.
http://www.foodsystemsinsider.com/artic ... action.htm
Im going to make another posting about some of this same stuff on the breeds page because a lot of your troulb eis genetic...you can be looking for it...Ill call it something that that will get your attention. It needs to be on the breeds page so that it will get attention from the guys that really want to change things. If you want to be a nickel and dimer and dont care about making money it wont apply to you
In general, feeder calves produced in the Southeast have earned their very negative reputation because they have been unknown genetic mongrels with lots of health problems. In the feedlot and on the rail, they have not had any predictability, consistency or uniformity in their performance, feed efficiency, carcass cutability or carcass quality because of their mongrelized, unknown genetics. Furthermore, Southeastern calves have more health problems, higher death losses and take longer to get started, to grow and to feed out because they have never been dewormed or vaccinated against any disease until they get to the feedlot or stocker operation. Someone has to pay the cost of these calves' poorer performance and to get them healthy. These postweaning production costs are paid by the seller not by the order buyer's customers. The Southeastern cow-calf producer pays these expenses through buyer discounts for his calves.
http://www.clemson.edu/edisto/beef-db/bc-8001.htm
This one is newer
Summer 2002 saw this type of communication take place when a group of Mississippi veterinarians traveled to Cactus Feeders in Amarillo, Texas, to see how their southeastern calves -- typically described as "high risk" -- fared in that environment. What they saw opened their eyes to changes they needed to take back to their southeastern producers.
"Unfortunately, southeastern cattle are called high-risk because we're not managing them properly at home," says Jim Anderson, D.V.M. and president of the Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, who made the trip to Cactus. "Once we work past that stigma, we'll start getting paid a little bit more for what we raise."
"Our producers need to understand what the feedlot's needs are in producing quality beef," says Harold Newcomb, D.V.M., Batesville, Miss. "The small producer does not always comprehend his role in the cattle industry, or how he can really impact the final product in the store. The lines of communication opened on this trip are the perfect start to achieving this goal.
http://www.foodsystemsinsider.com/artic ... action.htm
Im going to make another posting about some of this same stuff on the breeds page because a lot of your troulb eis genetic...you can be looking for it...Ill call it something that that will get your attention. It needs to be on the breeds page so that it will get attention from the guys that really want to change things. If you want to be a nickel and dimer and dont care about making money it wont apply to you
