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<blockquote data-quote="DOC HARRIS" data-source="post: 477207" data-attributes="member: 1683"><p>The <strong><em>OPERATIVE</em></strong> word here is <strong>PROFIT</strong> - and PROFIT must be considered in it's strictest interrpretations - when all costs of production and maintenance have been taken in consideration and the bottom line is glaringly "IN YOUR FACE!" </p><p></p><p>The manner and methods of determination may vary to some degree, but the costs involved in beef production involve more than just $$ Outlay. Housing, pasture, feed cost per year, % interest on land cost, hay, property tax, interest on your investment - all those "little things" add up very quickly to "BIG THINGS"! . . . and your COW MUST pay her way! She is NOT on Welfare!</p><p></p><p>By reducing the overall frame size of your cow HERD, you may be able to run MORE producing smaller cows on the same land as larger cows, and still get a higher weaning wt. per cow exposed and a higher weaning weight as a % of the COWS wt., thereby increasing your PROFIT of doing BU$INE$$. </p><p></p><p>That said - my vote is for a general average frame size of "5", all other variables being equal. Frame size is just a number. "Management" is the key answer! This subject has been cussed and discussed for years, and most producers will ignore the hard, cold facts of realism, and breed what they want to breed. </p><p></p><p>DOC HARRIS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DOC HARRIS, post: 477207, member: 1683"] The [b][i]OPERATIVE[/i][/b] word here is [b]PROFIT[/b] - and PROFIT must be considered in it's strictest interrpretations - when all costs of production and maintenance have been taken in consideration and the bottom line is glaringly "IN YOUR FACE!" The manner and methods of determination may vary to some degree, but the costs involved in beef production involve more than just $$ Outlay. Housing, pasture, feed cost per year, % interest on land cost, hay, property tax, interest on your investment - all those "little things" add up very quickly to "BIG THINGS"! . . . and your COW MUST pay her way! She is NOT on Welfare! By reducing the overall frame size of your cow HERD, you may be able to run MORE producing smaller cows on the same land as larger cows, and still get a higher weaning wt. per cow exposed and a higher weaning weight as a % of the COWS wt., thereby increasing your PROFIT of doing BU$INE$$. That said - my vote is for a general average frame size of "5", all other variables being equal. Frame size is just a number. "Management" is the key answer! This subject has been cussed and discussed for years, and most producers will ignore the hard, cold facts of realism, and breed what they want to breed. DOC HARRIS [/QUOTE]
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