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<blockquote data-quote="certherfbeef" data-source="post: 87356" data-attributes="member: 190"><p>I was just telling Jake that I have become more of a hobby farmer than normal in the past 2 weeks. </p><p></p><p>Because of the prices at my local sale barn...I have shipped all the feeders and half the mature cow herd.</p><p>Some were sound cows yet. But fell into the situation that LA mentioned. Bull stud sent me blanks or <u>very</u> low fertility straws one time and the next time sent me a warm shipper. Which resulted in half my herd slipping a few weeks behind. There was a cow/calf sale at the local salebarn and I unloaded them. </p><p>With the flood damaged pastures that I am having to re-seed...I just couldn't justify keeping them and being forced to feed hay earlier this winter. </p><p>There are a lot of environmental factors that work into culling cattle as well as the obvious reproductive or maternal factors. </p><p></p><p>There have been several pairs here that get 3 strikes all in one swift swing. But others that get a foul ball or two before they finally strike out. </p><p>I would like to think that I cull just as hard on the commercial herd as I do the registered herd. But, I'm told that I expect more from the registered herd and therefore cull harder on them. Least that is what hubby says. But I think he is just sore cause I loaded most of these cattle out while he was at work. ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="certherfbeef, post: 87356, member: 190"] I was just telling Jake that I have become more of a hobby farmer than normal in the past 2 weeks. Because of the prices at my local sale barn...I have shipped all the feeders and half the mature cow herd. Some were sound cows yet. But fell into the situation that LA mentioned. Bull stud sent me blanks or [u]very[/u] low fertility straws one time and the next time sent me a warm shipper. Which resulted in half my herd slipping a few weeks behind. There was a cow/calf sale at the local salebarn and I unloaded them. With the flood damaged pastures that I am having to re-seed...I just couldn't justify keeping them and being forced to feed hay earlier this winter. There are a lot of environmental factors that work into culling cattle as well as the obvious reproductive or maternal factors. There have been several pairs here that get 3 strikes all in one swift swing. But others that get a foul ball or two before they finally strike out. I would like to think that I cull just as hard on the commercial herd as I do the registered herd. But, I'm told that I expect more from the registered herd and therefore cull harder on them. Least that is what hubby says. But I think he is just sore cause I loaded most of these cattle out while he was at work. ;-) [/QUOTE]
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