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<blockquote data-quote="Rydero" data-source="post: 1665878" data-attributes="member: 38101"><p>It never hurts though. It's my understanding that low cost producers do better in all market conditions and on average as well. </p><p></p><p>Some of what you describe as options I view as seperate enterprises. If we're talking about cow cost/head volume and cost of production are extremely important. If the umbrella is more farm profitability or $/acre productivity yes there's options. I've tried several (pasture pigs, meat goats, goat breeding stock, custom grazing) and yes some are premium markets but they have their own costs associated with them too. None worked terribly well possibly because my time was divided but also it involved hitting a ceiling and needing to make capital expenditures I didn't want to make because the business didn't justify them or would require fully committing to make work. Moral of the story in my case is can I make $ selling pork raised in old pens I used to have goats in for a ridiculous price yes. Scale it up. Now I need grain bins, grain suppliers, a truck, an auger, a mix mill, different feeders etc. and at the end of the day I don't want to be a pig farmer, I want to be a cattle farmer. I strive to make the business I want to be in work. I live where land is cheap and I had to scale up - I'm in the cow/calf business. There's other businesses to be in though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rydero, post: 1665878, member: 38101"] It never hurts though. It's my understanding that low cost producers do better in all market conditions and on average as well. Some of what you describe as options I view as seperate enterprises. If we're talking about cow cost/head volume and cost of production are extremely important. If the umbrella is more farm profitability or $/acre productivity yes there's options. I've tried several (pasture pigs, meat goats, goat breeding stock, custom grazing) and yes some are premium markets but they have their own costs associated with them too. None worked terribly well possibly because my time was divided but also it involved hitting a ceiling and needing to make capital expenditures I didn't want to make because the business didn't justify them or would require fully committing to make work. Moral of the story in my case is can I make $ selling pork raised in old pens I used to have goats in for a ridiculous price yes. Scale it up. Now I need grain bins, grain suppliers, a truck, an auger, a mix mill, different feeders etc. and at the end of the day I don't want to be a pig farmer, I want to be a cattle farmer. I strive to make the business I want to be in work. I live where land is cheap and I had to scale up - I'm in the cow/calf business. There's other businesses to be in though. [/QUOTE]
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