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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1848105" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>As with everyone else... first off thank you for your service to our country and all of us... Congrats for the retirement. </p><p>Good to start with some animals that were priced to where you could get into them reasonably. That is where you will make money... starting out right. </p><p>You are being very sensible and practical the way you are thinking and going. With the cattle market being so crazy right now, you should be fine. </p><p>If you haven't yet, give them all a good worming since they came through a middleman. Get their systems "cleaned out" so they can start off in a position to start gaining weight and making milk with spring grasses coming on. </p><p>Watch your markets in the area to see what sells better, and use a bull to help give you what you can sell better.... </p><p>If they raise a baby and do a good job, the bull will improve what you have to sell.</p><p></p><p>They don't sell worth a darn here, but I like horns on the cattle.... and my one "pasture ornament" longhorn just dropped a calf for her 5th lactation, and she keeps all the coyotes and stray dogs out of the field so I am tickled pink with her.... and bred to a black angus bull every time (3 different bulls, 2 times to one, 2 times to another, and this one from a new bull) and the previous 4 times have all been polled... haven't gotten close enough to this one yet... she is not mean but I don't bother her for a couple days so she will always trust me to come right up for some grain.... </p><p></p><p>Best of luck on your venture....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1848105, member: 25884"] As with everyone else... first off thank you for your service to our country and all of us... Congrats for the retirement. Good to start with some animals that were priced to where you could get into them reasonably. That is where you will make money... starting out right. You are being very sensible and practical the way you are thinking and going. With the cattle market being so crazy right now, you should be fine. If you haven't yet, give them all a good worming since they came through a middleman. Get their systems "cleaned out" so they can start off in a position to start gaining weight and making milk with spring grasses coming on. Watch your markets in the area to see what sells better, and use a bull to help give you what you can sell better.... If they raise a baby and do a good job, the bull will improve what you have to sell. They don't sell worth a darn here, but I like horns on the cattle.... and my one "pasture ornament" longhorn just dropped a calf for her 5th lactation, and she keeps all the coyotes and stray dogs out of the field so I am tickled pink with her.... and bred to a black angus bull every time (3 different bulls, 2 times to one, 2 times to another, and this one from a new bull) and the previous 4 times have all been polled... haven't gotten close enough to this one yet... she is not mean but I don't bother her for a couple days so she will always trust me to come right up for some grain.... Best of luck on your venture.... [/QUOTE]
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