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<blockquote data-quote="1848" data-source="post: 306667" data-attributes="member: 1303"><p>Start out with a commercial program, and see if it suits your first. That way you are not committed to your investment and can get out just as easily. Go to the local sale barns and watch the type of calves that consistantly sell the best, and make your selections for phenotype based on those. I would say your are limited by how much land you have available, and by you stating 15 to 20, I would guess you are limited. Best use or land vs cattle might be a temporary or seasonal program where you buy at 300 to 400 weight, put 300 to 400 lbs on them, then sale them back. That way you will have use of the land for the rest of the year to cut hay or just let it recover. Buy in the fall, sell in the spring, winter them on winter grass with hay supplement. "typically", you will do better at the sale barn with a black hide, but not always. If you consider a cow calf operation, then it will be hard to pay for itself with just 15 to 20 head, but the English, and or continental cross should do well where you are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1848, post: 306667, member: 1303"] Start out with a commercial program, and see if it suits your first. That way you are not committed to your investment and can get out just as easily. Go to the local sale barns and watch the type of calves that consistantly sell the best, and make your selections for phenotype based on those. I would say your are limited by how much land you have available, and by you stating 15 to 20, I would guess you are limited. Best use or land vs cattle might be a temporary or seasonal program where you buy at 300 to 400 weight, put 300 to 400 lbs on them, then sale them back. That way you will have use of the land for the rest of the year to cut hay or just let it recover. Buy in the fall, sell in the spring, winter them on winter grass with hay supplement. "typically", you will do better at the sale barn with a black hide, but not always. If you consider a cow calf operation, then it will be hard to pay for itself with just 15 to 20 head, but the English, and or continental cross should do well where you are. [/QUOTE]
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