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<blockquote data-quote="hillbilly beef man" data-source="post: 1237972" data-attributes="member: 4786"><p>Our farm is a mixture of 50 plus year old stuff and ten year or less stuff. My grandfather ran our farm for 50 plus years and his management practice was the only way to make money off of cattle was not to spend any of it. He never built ANY fence. If the cattle got out he would cut a few poles and put up where they got out. After many years most of the fence was just brush and poles piled up. As a result I spent most of my youth running cattle back in. Even though he ran 50 plus pairs we never had a head gate or good loading chute. His theory was if you could not handle a cow with a rope and a tree you did not have any business having cattle. Grandpa always thought a hayshed was a waste of money and always stored his hay in the edge of the field. My dad and I bought out one half of his operation in 2006 and my uncle bought the other half. We have been spending every dime we can on fences. We have now graduated from replacing the "there should be a fence here somewhere" sections that were rotted out so bad you did not know where they were, to now replacing the "a cow could walk through that anytime they want" sections. We have a total of 44,000ft of fence and have replaced around 20,000 ft so far. We are not near done yet but getting there slowly. We now have a head gate and loading chute on two of our three places we own, with plans with a sweep and head gate system on the third this year. The first time we worked calves with a head gate I never knew that working them could be so easy and safe. Slowly we are getting everything updated, but as most here know this is a long and sometimes expensive process. My dad nor I have shown a profit since we took over the place, but hope to at least get all the fences done in the next few years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hillbilly beef man, post: 1237972, member: 4786"] Our farm is a mixture of 50 plus year old stuff and ten year or less stuff. My grandfather ran our farm for 50 plus years and his management practice was the only way to make money off of cattle was not to spend any of it. He never built ANY fence. If the cattle got out he would cut a few poles and put up where they got out. After many years most of the fence was just brush and poles piled up. As a result I spent most of my youth running cattle back in. Even though he ran 50 plus pairs we never had a head gate or good loading chute. His theory was if you could not handle a cow with a rope and a tree you did not have any business having cattle. Grandpa always thought a hayshed was a waste of money and always stored his hay in the edge of the field. My dad and I bought out one half of his operation in 2006 and my uncle bought the other half. We have been spending every dime we can on fences. We have now graduated from replacing the "there should be a fence here somewhere" sections that were rotted out so bad you did not know where they were, to now replacing the "a cow could walk through that anytime they want" sections. We have a total of 44,000ft of fence and have replaced around 20,000 ft so far. We are not near done yet but getting there slowly. We now have a head gate and loading chute on two of our three places we own, with plans with a sweep and head gate system on the third this year. The first time we worked calves with a head gate I never knew that working them could be so easy and safe. Slowly we are getting everything updated, but as most here know this is a long and sometimes expensive process. My dad nor I have shown a profit since we took over the place, but hope to at least get all the fences done in the next few years. [/QUOTE]
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