Hypothetical Question

[Horticattleman]

Given a 40 acre piece of land already fenced but needs to be planted right would you run x # of momma cows and sell the calves, or put young calves, keep em for 6 months and sell em off?

 

[3MR]

whichever one penciled out the best for me.

 

[Alice]

Right now...at this very time...I would go with the young calves.

Alice

 

[Limomike]

Yep.. I would go with the young ones for 6 months, until you can get your pasture planted, and set.

 

[Horticattleman]

I mean after it is planted and all

 

[sidney411]

Depends on how much work you want to do and how high your loss tolerance is. If your loss tolerance is low then I'd go with cow/calf but if you have a higher tolerance and your willing to work them a little harder then stockers may be the way to go for you. If you have the $$$ to spend why not try stockers and if you don't like it you can buy momma cows when you sell out hte stockers?