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<blockquote data-quote="thirstyman" data-source="post: 890896" data-attributes="member: 17877"><p>There seems to be an approval process on my replies, so they are hanging up somewhere.</p><p></p><p>Hoss and TT - the farm is in west davidson county - west of bellevue. It used to run all the way into Cheatum county. Now we are solely located in Davidson. Hoss, expect a PM as I continue to digest and review everything. I think our current plan is to try and breed everything in the march time period. So I have some time to come to a decision.</p><p></p><p>Tomorrow I am going to pick up a heifer that we had slaughtered. She came out of a black baldy by a full black angus bull.... and looked like a limi ?!? Our best guess was that the cow had a little limi left in her from the last time we had a limi bull - sometime around 2000. When I worked on the farm - high school through college summers - we had a good records. At some point during the 2003-2006 time period records became a little shoddy and are (in my mind) no longer reliable. The butcher (a menonite in KY who is honest as the day is long and does an excellent job) said that the meat looks great, very little loss to trimming and very tender. She was live weight 797 and dressed at 484. She was around 10 or 11 months. We had her hauled off because she was the most high strung calf we have dealt with in 5 years. One thing we have learned over 40 years is that high strung cattle are not worth a damn - regardless of how good they look.</p><p></p><p>To try and simply the plan, I want to try and improve herd genetics through proven AI sires. The hope is that after a few generations, the cows will be a little more reliable in expectations of calves - without losing the mongrel vigor. Also, I plan to use a few select cows for a freezer beef project and want to make certain that the beef is excellent in all respects. The ultimate goal is to have a high enough quality product to be able to sell on grid without significant deductions and come out ahead of just selling weaners. So anyone with experience, suggestions or ideas - I'm still all ears....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thirstyman, post: 890896, member: 17877"] There seems to be an approval process on my replies, so they are hanging up somewhere. Hoss and TT - the farm is in west davidson county - west of bellevue. It used to run all the way into Cheatum county. Now we are solely located in Davidson. Hoss, expect a PM as I continue to digest and review everything. I think our current plan is to try and breed everything in the march time period. So I have some time to come to a decision. Tomorrow I am going to pick up a heifer that we had slaughtered. She came out of a black baldy by a full black angus bull.... and looked like a limi ?!? Our best guess was that the cow had a little limi left in her from the last time we had a limi bull - sometime around 2000. When I worked on the farm - high school through college summers - we had a good records. At some point during the 2003-2006 time period records became a little shoddy and are (in my mind) no longer reliable. The butcher (a menonite in KY who is honest as the day is long and does an excellent job) said that the meat looks great, very little loss to trimming and very tender. She was live weight 797 and dressed at 484. She was around 10 or 11 months. We had her hauled off because she was the most high strung calf we have dealt with in 5 years. One thing we have learned over 40 years is that high strung cattle are not worth a damn - regardless of how good they look. To try and simply the plan, I want to try and improve herd genetics through proven AI sires. The hope is that after a few generations, the cows will be a little more reliable in expectations of calves - without losing the mongrel vigor. Also, I plan to use a few select cows for a freezer beef project and want to make certain that the beef is excellent in all respects. The ultimate goal is to have a high enough quality product to be able to sell on grid without significant deductions and come out ahead of just selling weaners. So anyone with experience, suggestions or ideas - I'm still all ears.... [/QUOTE]
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