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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 1397217" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>- A hot topic here is integrating crops and cattle (like the old days). It is a very tough infrastructure sell even though it makes soil and financial sense. The organic folks buy in because they can not afford to purchase much fertility.</p><p>- A related topic here is retaining calves and taking them back to grass (like the old days). There are some commodity folks pushing this using financials from the peak of the cattle cycle... This is also a tough sell because the typical cow/calf operator does not have high energy feed nor working capital to do this. The grass fed folks buy in because they usually do not have another source of feeders. </p><p>- If you piece these together along with MIG you come up with semi interesting enterprise budgets. I think there is sustainable system here for folks in areas that have some history of crop production. And I see this currently increasing cow numbers in my area. You are also somewhat drought proofed. Practitioners can sell off yearlings in a drought, graze some annuals, and preserve the cow herd for a period.</p><p>- So who has the most risk in a drought? Who is the swing producer? Is it the traditional cow/calf guy on range?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 1397217, member: 1715"] - A hot topic here is integrating crops and cattle (like the old days). It is a very tough infrastructure sell even though it makes soil and financial sense. The organic folks buy in because they can not afford to purchase much fertility. - A related topic here is retaining calves and taking them back to grass (like the old days). There are some commodity folks pushing this using financials from the peak of the cattle cycle... This is also a tough sell because the typical cow/calf operator does not have high energy feed nor working capital to do this. The grass fed folks buy in because they usually do not have another source of feeders. - If you piece these together along with MIG you come up with semi interesting enterprise budgets. I think there is sustainable system here for folks in areas that have some history of crop production. And I see this currently increasing cow numbers in my area. You are also somewhat drought proofed. Practitioners can sell off yearlings in a drought, graze some annuals, and preserve the cow herd for a period. - So who has the most risk in a drought? Who is the swing producer? Is it the traditional cow/calf guy on range? [/QUOTE]
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