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<blockquote data-quote="Cattle Rack Rancher" data-source="post: 23235" data-attributes="member: 245"><p>I agree with your comment about breed associations going a little over the top. Every description of any breed always tells you that they have excellent traits for one thing or another. Any charts they show you will usually only compare breeds that they are better than in those traits. The best bet, I've found when starting out is to try to find someone that has similar land to your own and a similar management style to what you plan to do and buy your first set of cows off of him/her. Different cattle do better under different conditions. Buy cattle that have been bred to do well under the conditions you are going to have and that will give you a jump start. Also remember that for the first while you will probably be buying someone else's culls (cows or heifers that they didn't want to keep for themselves). If you go to a dispersal sale, you might do a little better as long as the person you are buying from doesn't have a totally different operating system than you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cattle Rack Rancher, post: 23235, member: 245"] I agree with your comment about breed associations going a little over the top. Every description of any breed always tells you that they have excellent traits for one thing or another. Any charts they show you will usually only compare breeds that they are better than in those traits. The best bet, I've found when starting out is to try to find someone that has similar land to your own and a similar management style to what you plan to do and buy your first set of cows off of him/her. Different cattle do better under different conditions. Buy cattle that have been bred to do well under the conditions you are going to have and that will give you a jump start. Also remember that for the first while you will probably be buying someone else's culls (cows or heifers that they didn't want to keep for themselves). If you go to a dispersal sale, you might do a little better as long as the person you are buying from doesn't have a totally different operating system than you. [/QUOTE]
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