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<blockquote data-quote="3MR" data-source="post: 1034054" data-attributes="member: 4180"><p>I run a natural operation, am certified as a Natural Producer by Global Animal Partnership and sell my calves to Premium Natural Beef out of Lonewolf, Ok. I get a premium for my calves when I deliver them and then I get another check when they are slaughtered. I am getting considerable more than if I just took them to the sale yard. </p><p></p><p>I still don't see the numbers gioven in the original post as adding up, nor, by using the same fuzzy math they used I don't see much difference in cost to raise their way versus conventional way. </p><p></p><p>I raise Natural Beef for one simple reason, it makes me more money. I don't believe it is anymore healthy than conventional beef raised by an ethical producer, I also believe science supports this. The natural Beef system just fit my program naturally as it was pretty close to what I was already doing.</p><p></p><p>I run about 80 mommas, I spend about $3000 planting a bit over 60 acres of wheat every winter. In the spring I bale the wheat and plant sudan in the field, which gets baled in late summer. I have another 100 acres or so in improved Bermuda pasture and about 150 or so in native grasses. About 20 or so more in mixed woodlands. I spent $500 on feed last year, in the middle of a drought, which is very different from the $1000 I was spending every month for half the year when I was trying to raise them the so called conventional way. </p><p></p><p>Grass is most definitely the cheapest way to raise a calf. Manage your pastures and the cows will be easy. Who you sell them to after that is your business, I would recommend sell them to whomever pays the most, lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3MR, post: 1034054, member: 4180"] I run a natural operation, am certified as a Natural Producer by Global Animal Partnership and sell my calves to Premium Natural Beef out of Lonewolf, Ok. I get a premium for my calves when I deliver them and then I get another check when they are slaughtered. I am getting considerable more than if I just took them to the sale yard. I still don't see the numbers gioven in the original post as adding up, nor, by using the same fuzzy math they used I don't see much difference in cost to raise their way versus conventional way. I raise Natural Beef for one simple reason, it makes me more money. I don't believe it is anymore healthy than conventional beef raised by an ethical producer, I also believe science supports this. The natural Beef system just fit my program naturally as it was pretty close to what I was already doing. I run about 80 mommas, I spend about $3000 planting a bit over 60 acres of wheat every winter. In the spring I bale the wheat and plant sudan in the field, which gets baled in late summer. I have another 100 acres or so in improved Bermuda pasture and about 150 or so in native grasses. About 20 or so more in mixed woodlands. I spent $500 on feed last year, in the middle of a drought, which is very different from the $1000 I was spending every month for half the year when I was trying to raise them the so called conventional way. Grass is most definitely the cheapest way to raise a calf. Manage your pastures and the cows will be easy. Who you sell them to after that is your business, I would recommend sell them to whomever pays the most, lol. [/QUOTE]
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