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<blockquote data-quote="Cattle Rack Rancher" data-source="post: 33211" data-attributes="member: 245"><p>Good post Bez:</p><p> I moved onto a new farm in 2001 and bought into cattle. Most of my cattle could be culled for one thing or another, especially fertility which is a pretty expensive problem. My brother and my dad switched a big part of their farm which was doing quite well in grain and bought pastureland and cattle about six years ago. They still haven't got a good consistent stable herd either. That was my fathers' retirement plan and my brother's future and I think that if something doesn't happen they will both be bankrupt by the end of the year. I worry for my fathers' health as he has a bad heart. I'm lucky that I have a full time job, but I've been finding it difficult this year to be enthusiastic about anything, even calving, which has up to this time been better for me than Christmas. At least we have rain this year. Last year it was awful dry and I hear cattle Annie's country is dry again this year with alot of fires going already. As far as this Canadian R-CALF goes, I say good luck. Most ranchers up here don't have a pot to pee in, let alone money to spend on legal proceedings. Somebody commented to me the other day that with the money the government spent on compensation, alot of which went to the packers, they could have built enough slaughtering facilities to handle all the beef in Canada. I guess they didn't expect the border closure to go on so long.</p><p>Anyway, Bob Speller says the border will be open by September first and I always believe everything the Liberals say (NOT!). But here's hoping.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cattle Rack Rancher, post: 33211, member: 245"] Good post Bez: I moved onto a new farm in 2001 and bought into cattle. Most of my cattle could be culled for one thing or another, especially fertility which is a pretty expensive problem. My brother and my dad switched a big part of their farm which was doing quite well in grain and bought pastureland and cattle about six years ago. They still haven't got a good consistent stable herd either. That was my fathers' retirement plan and my brother's future and I think that if something doesn't happen they will both be bankrupt by the end of the year. I worry for my fathers' health as he has a bad heart. I'm lucky that I have a full time job, but I've been finding it difficult this year to be enthusiastic about anything, even calving, which has up to this time been better for me than Christmas. At least we have rain this year. Last year it was awful dry and I hear cattle Annie's country is dry again this year with alot of fires going already. As far as this Canadian R-CALF goes, I say good luck. Most ranchers up here don't have a pot to pee in, let alone money to spend on legal proceedings. Somebody commented to me the other day that with the money the government spent on compensation, alot of which went to the packers, they could have built enough slaughtering facilities to handle all the beef in Canada. I guess they didn't expect the border closure to go on so long. Anyway, Bob Speller says the border will be open by September first and I always believe everything the Liberals say (NOT!). But here's hoping. [/QUOTE]
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