congrats to James Coffelt, Ohio land and cattle.. front page of ohio farmer!

[ddd75]

Congrats James! Doing great! Wish you still posted.

To sum up the article..

Cow costs: 296 / year.

Hay : NONE in the last 6 years.

Running 1,000 head of cattle

Buying up 1,000 / acres per year for the last several years.

Running 8,000 / acres of land continuous.



Maybe someone should let him know that NO profit exists in cattle. :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

I liked him. Why did he leave us?

Congrats and best wishes for continued success Mr. Coffeit!

 

[ddd75]

I liked him. Why did he leave us?

Congrats and best wishes for continued success Mr. Coffeit!

i think he got tired of everyone bashing pharo's genetics.. not sure though.


It says his cows average 1100 - 1200 lbs and give 62 - 67 lb calves with only 2% varying from that.

i'd like to check out his operation and his cows.

 

[kenny thomas]

Can anyone post a link to the article.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Can anyone post a link to the article.

http://www.ohiofarmer.com/livestock/ohi ... strategies

 

[Banjo]

I don't know for sure but I don't think he is hooked up with pharo anymore. pharo used to have a bull sale in ohio and now they don't. There may have been a parting of the ways.....may be somebody can verify that knows more.

 

[Bigfoot]

I don't remember him posting. Only person I can remember not feeding hay was agmanto.

 

[True Grit Farms]

I really liked James, he'd explain his ideas and reasons in a way you could understand.

 

[ddd75]

I don't know for sure but I don't think he is hooked up with pharo anymore. pharo used to have a bull sale in ohio and now they don't. There may have been a parting of the ways.....may be somebody can verify that knows more.

i was wondering about that. I haven't seen his bull sale advertised, and I haven't seen anything about a spring bull sale. On his website he doesn't mention pharo at all other then some genetics from him. also, I noticed he was #2 in registered angus for last year in ohio and he wasn't even on the top 10 list this year.

pharo was probably taking too much money. who knows.

 

[HDRider]

I don't remember him posting. Only person I can remember not feeding hay was agmanto.

I visited his place. He got bad hurt on an ATV. Not doing well at all. Have not heard from him in over a year.

 

[HDRider]

I don't know for sure but I don't think he is hooked up with pharo anymore. pharo used to have a bull sale in ohio and now they don't. There may have been a parting of the ways.....may be somebody can verify that knows more.

Not listed..

https://www.pharocattle.com/coops/ohio

https://www.pharocattle.com/coops

 

[ohiosteve]

I don't remember him posting. Only person I can remember not feeding hay was agmanto.

I really enjoyed agmantoos posts.

 

[Bigfoot]

I don't remember him posting. Only person I can remember not feeding hay was agmanto.

I visited his place. He got bad hurt on an ATV. Not doing well at all. Have not heard from him in over a year.

Ouch. Hate to hear that. I do some of his stuff. Needed to pick his brain a little more though.

 

[Douglas]

I don't remember him posting. Only person I can remember not feeding hay was agmanto.

I really enjoyed agmantoos posts.

He was from the NC mountains.

 

[poorfarmer]

Ok I read the article and I see that he has a very low cost per head, but here is my question. So it mentions that he has about 1 cow per 10 acres of land and that allows him to feed basically no hay. So right now I would estimate that I need about 5 bales to get one cow through the winter. One bale $40. So $200 in hay per cow per winter. If I wanted to get rid of this once a year hay expense I would have to buy eight more acres per cow. Cost in my area $3500 an acre. Cost for eight more acres $28,000. I know land normally goes up in value, but a $28,000 investment to make $200. Am I missing something or might the marketing of his cattle and getting a better price be more of the reason he has been able to expand.

 

[ddd75]

Yeah I was figuring the per acre cost as well and it was very high

 

[Bigfoot]

Ok I read the article and I see that he has a very low cost per head, but here is my question. So it mentions that he has about 1 cow per 10 acres of land and that allows him to feed basically no hay. So right now I would estimate that I need about 5 bales to get one cow through the winter. One bale $40. So $200 in hay per cow per winter. If I wanted to get rid of this once a year hay expense I would have to buy eight more acres per cow. Cost in my area $3500 an acre. Cost for eight more acres $28,000. I know land normally goes up in value, but a $28,000 investment to make $200. Am I missing something or might the marketing of his cattle and getting a better price be more of the reason he has been able to expand.

Yeah, I'm missing the economics of it to. Hay is cheaper than even rented land.

 

[HDRider]

Or he is riding a credit boat.

 

[Supa Dexta]

Wish they had better pics. For 1000 cows and 110,000 dollar working facility, they show 50 head and maybe 1000 dollars of gates.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Ok I read the article and I see that he has a very low cost per head, but here is my question. So it mentions that he has about 1 cow per 10 acres of land and that allows him to feed basically no hay. So right now I would estimate that I need about 5 bales to get one cow through the winter. One bale $40. So $200 in hay per cow per winter. If I wanted to get rid of this once a year hay expense I would have to buy eight more acres per cow. Cost in my area $3500 an acre. Cost for eight more acres $28,000. I know land normally goes up in value, but a $28,000 investment to make $200. Am I missing something or might the marketing of his cattle and getting a better price be more of the reason he has been able to expand.

Yeah, I'm missing the economics of it to. Hay is cheaper than even rented land.

If I recall correctly he does a pretty big business with his hunting business too.