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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm22" data-source="post: 573591" data-attributes="member: 7645"><p>I just don't know about this one:</p><p></p><p>"c) stocker operation is a higher risk operation than cow-calf"</p><p></p><p>Growing big stockers ARE kind of dull; BUT you don't have to worry about a late blizzard (I don't have to worry about blizzards at all...but you are WAAAAYY up north) killing your stockers. Baby calves on the other hand, come with lots of perils including freezing too death. Dittoe with dogs, coyotes, WOLVES. Predator losses can be a big problem with the calves. Then there is conception rate. I can pencil in an 88% or 91% conception rate; but in the real world bulls shoot blanks, AI operators flub up, cows don't cycle, reproductive diseases destroy fetuses, cows lose calves at birth. And then you still suffer at the whims of the market.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm22, post: 573591, member: 7645"] I just don't know about this one: "c) stocker operation is a higher risk operation than cow-calf" Growing big stockers ARE kind of dull; BUT you don't have to worry about a late blizzard (I don't have to worry about blizzards at all...but you are WAAAAYY up north) killing your stockers. Baby calves on the other hand, come with lots of perils including freezing too death. Dittoe with dogs, coyotes, WOLVES. Predator losses can be a big problem with the calves. Then there is conception rate. I can pencil in an 88% or 91% conception rate; but in the real world bulls shoot blanks, AI operators flub up, cows don't cycle, reproductive diseases destroy fetuses, cows lose calves at birth. And then you still suffer at the whims of the market. [/QUOTE]
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