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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 509188" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Noone can answer that question. That's your decision. Some base it on what sells best in YOUR area. Do you want a "nitch" market? Like selling beef direct to customers, "natural" or "organic" or conventional??? Do you want to calve out cows, or just buy feeders & finish them out.</p><p>Unless you are willing to put forth a lot of effort on advertising and studying breed pedigrees, you might as well at least START out with commercial cattle. Join your state Beef Association. Contact your local extension office & go to beef meetings. Get your facilities (fencing, work facilities, etc) in order before you purchase any animals.</p><p>Bottom line, you have to look at them daily, so it has to be cows that you enjoy.</p><p>It's a LOT OF WORK - you better at least enjoy looking at them.</p><p>We have a purebred Simmental cow/calf operation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 509188, member: 968"] Noone can answer that question. That's your decision. Some base it on what sells best in YOUR area. Do you want a "nitch" market? Like selling beef direct to customers, "natural" or "organic" or conventional??? Do you want to calve out cows, or just buy feeders & finish them out. Unless you are willing to put forth a lot of effort on advertising and studying breed pedigrees, you might as well at least START out with commercial cattle. Join your state Beef Association. Contact your local extension office & go to beef meetings. Get your facilities (fencing, work facilities, etc) in order before you purchase any animals. Bottom line, you have to look at them daily, so it has to be cows that you enjoy. It's a LOT OF WORK - you better at least enjoy looking at them. We have a purebred Simmental cow/calf operation. [/QUOTE]
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