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Cattle on land away from home, how far is too far?
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<blockquote data-quote="dcara" data-source="post: 449625" data-attributes="member: 473"><p>I have cattle at the house, some that are 2 miles away, and some that are 32 miles away on some proprty we own that I check at least once a week. So that is 76 miles round trip, 76 x 52 weeks a year is 3952 miles/year. My F250 gets 17 mpg so thats 232 gallons/year at $3/gal is $697/year which is the profit from 2 to 3 calves each year. Why do I do it since its obvioulsy not the greatest of business decisions? I just enjoy the 45 minute drive each week and we sometimes take the horses for the weekend so its kind of a recreational retreat thing also. In short, we just enjoy the property. However, I did loose a calf out there last year. I mean it just disappeared one weekend at about a month old. I have never found any trace of it, and I tend to worry more about the herd out there during calving season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dcara, post: 449625, member: 473"] I have cattle at the house, some that are 2 miles away, and some that are 32 miles away on some proprty we own that I check at least once a week. So that is 76 miles round trip, 76 x 52 weeks a year is 3952 miles/year. My F250 gets 17 mpg so thats 232 gallons/year at $3/gal is $697/year which is the profit from 2 to 3 calves each year. Why do I do it since its obvioulsy not the greatest of business decisions? I just enjoy the 45 minute drive each week and we sometimes take the horses for the weekend so its kind of a recreational retreat thing also. In short, we just enjoy the property. However, I did loose a calf out there last year. I mean it just disappeared one weekend at about a month old. I have never found any trace of it, and I tend to worry more about the herd out there during calving season. [/QUOTE]
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