Hello Everyone,
I'm hoping to find some more advise about choosing a breed and getting my cow / calf operation underway. I have about 120 acres of bermuda and wheat NW of Fort Worth, TX. This is fine cattle country and I want some really fine cows. When I say fine, I don't care necessarily about there pedigree directly. I care about there ability to flesh, grow, and grade. It this part of the US it seems that Angus cattle set the benchmark and are desired by our stockers / feeders.
Here is what I'm thinking.
Purchase bred / open heifers of know origin. These heifers would be an F1. Angus and X breed?. Maybe Maine Anjoe? Maybe a Angus Hybrid? I can then breed those to various purbred bulls to find what I and my customers like in a feeder calf and what grades well. In this scenario, I woudl need to go back and purchase replacement F1's from a grower. Right? I don't necessarily like the idea of this, but I guess it doesn't matter as long as I'm selling calves.
Ok, shoot holes in this! I probably should be raising goats, right?![Big grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I'm hoping to find some more advise about choosing a breed and getting my cow / calf operation underway. I have about 120 acres of bermuda and wheat NW of Fort Worth, TX. This is fine cattle country and I want some really fine cows. When I say fine, I don't care necessarily about there pedigree directly. I care about there ability to flesh, grow, and grade. It this part of the US it seems that Angus cattle set the benchmark and are desired by our stockers / feeders.
Here is what I'm thinking.
Purchase bred / open heifers of know origin. These heifers would be an F1. Angus and X breed?. Maybe Maine Anjoe? Maybe a Angus Hybrid? I can then breed those to various purbred bulls to find what I and my customers like in a feeder calf and what grades well. In this scenario, I woudl need to go back and purchase replacement F1's from a grower. Right? I don't necessarily like the idea of this, but I guess it doesn't matter as long as I'm selling calves.
Ok, shoot holes in this! I probably should be raising goats, right?