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<blockquote data-quote="John SD" data-source="post: 1084939" data-attributes="member: 14713"><p>Absolutely agree. There are always things to improve upon in a cow herd. I never attained my "goal" of running a full blown cow/calf/yearling operation. </p><p></p><p> Have a neighbor whom I think does quite well overall. Keeps all his calves every fall and keeps them over and sells in early fall the next season as yearlings. That is what I was shooting for, but life got in the way.</p><p></p><p>3 generation family ranch here. Grandpa passed away and Dad took over in 1950. Dad's health failed. He cut back to 18 cows while I was in high school. I came home after high school in 1980 and grew the cow herd to 180 in 2002. Then had to sell down to 30 head because of drought and my own health. </p><p></p><p>Back to building up the herd again. I did buy a few cull registered cows but mostly kept my own heifers for replacement. The registered cows were OK but most were not up to my own grade cows, even if they had some of the same bloodlines.</p><p></p><p>Due to health again, I sold the cows permanently in 2012. Never did get to my goal of a cow/calf/yearling operation. I also wanted to experiment more with crossbreeding. I kept mostly Hereford cows and some Angus crossed. Had one Char bull at the end. He sired good looking and good doing calves no matter what color the cow was.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John SD, post: 1084939, member: 14713"] Absolutely agree. There are always things to improve upon in a cow herd. I never attained my "goal" of running a full blown cow/calf/yearling operation. Have a neighbor whom I think does quite well overall. Keeps all his calves every fall and keeps them over and sells in early fall the next season as yearlings. That is what I was shooting for, but life got in the way. 3 generation family ranch here. Grandpa passed away and Dad took over in 1950. Dad's health failed. He cut back to 18 cows while I was in high school. I came home after high school in 1980 and grew the cow herd to 180 in 2002. Then had to sell down to 30 head because of drought and my own health. Back to building up the herd again. I did buy a few cull registered cows but mostly kept my own heifers for replacement. The registered cows were OK but most were not up to my own grade cows, even if they had some of the same bloodlines. Due to health again, I sold the cows permanently in 2012. Never did get to my goal of a cow/calf/yearling operation. I also wanted to experiment more with crossbreeding. I kept mostly Hereford cows and some Angus crossed. Had one Char bull at the end. He sired good looking and good doing calves no matter what color the cow was. [/QUOTE]
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