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<blockquote data-quote="Shanghai" data-source="post: 1161384" data-attributes="member: 22068"><p>Good post Vette, very wise </p><p>I can't add to that, but my granddad was a cattleman and a good one.</p><p>I had the benefit of learning how he did things and the benefit of watching family show how not to do things and ruin everything he built.</p><p>I saw them stack more than 3 times the amount of cows on his place that it could handle. I saw them trying to grow hay, buy hay, feeding cotton seed hulls and starve a profit out of the cattle.</p><p>I saw what was a productive little ranch turned into a short grass/no grass mesquite choked pasture that couldn't support half of what it should.</p><p></p><p>As Vette said the weather is the biggest obstacle. In my part of the world keeping the grass ahead of the cows is #1 so when you have a dry spell you have a cushion. If you try to utilize 100% of your grass those dry spells will get you behind and you'll be playing catch up.</p><p> Abuse it and try and squeeze extra profit out of the land and the cattle, mother nature has a lesson for you.</p><p></p><p>Finding that balance is the tough part when you have years like 2011-2012 and then 2014</p><p>It seems it's feast or famine</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shanghai, post: 1161384, member: 22068"] Good post Vette, very wise I can't add to that, but my granddad was a cattleman and a good one. I had the benefit of learning how he did things and the benefit of watching family show how not to do things and ruin everything he built. I saw them stack more than 3 times the amount of cows on his place that it could handle. I saw them trying to grow hay, buy hay, feeding cotton seed hulls and starve a profit out of the cattle. I saw what was a productive little ranch turned into a short grass/no grass mesquite choked pasture that couldn't support half of what it should. As Vette said the weather is the biggest obstacle. In my part of the world keeping the grass ahead of the cows is #1 so when you have a dry spell you have a cushion. If you try to utilize 100% of your grass those dry spells will get you behind and you'll be playing catch up. Abuse it and try and squeeze extra profit out of the land and the cattle, mother nature has a lesson for you. Finding that balance is the tough part when you have years like 2011-2012 and then 2014 It seems it's feast or famine [/QUOTE]
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