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Kind of bummed out of late (Dexters)
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<blockquote data-quote="Rustler9" data-source="post: 332999" data-attributes="member: 440"><p>Ga Dex Farmer,</p><p> You may not have made a mistake by getting into Dexters if you like the breed and will dedicate yourself to promoting them. I'll tell you like I told someone who bought some registered Longhorns from me and then a year later was whining because he hadn't sold any of them to anyone. He had not been to any registered sales, no shows, had not tried to promote them or let anyone know that he had Longhorn cattle. No advertising in our national publication, had not attended any regional field days that he was invited to and done any net working with other Longhorn breeders. I told this person when he bought them that if he wanted sale barn cattle that he should get some black commercial cattle. Of course, this person had never had cattle before and I also strongly suggested that he get some hay as well as salt and minerals for them. </p><p></p><p> I would think that Dexters would be something that you would have to establish a niche market for. It also takes a while to get your name and reputation out there. One thing we've done besides attending a lot of Longhorn events-sales, shows, field days and going to other breeder's farms is to set up a web site. We're getting more traffice now and selling more cattle. Just some suggestions and some things that have worked for us. The mainstream market seems to be black anything but that's not what we wanted to go for. We've had to help create a market for our animals and we're still working on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rustler9, post: 332999, member: 440"] Ga Dex Farmer, You may not have made a mistake by getting into Dexters if you like the breed and will dedicate yourself to promoting them. I'll tell you like I told someone who bought some registered Longhorns from me and then a year later was whining because he hadn't sold any of them to anyone. He had not been to any registered sales, no shows, had not tried to promote them or let anyone know that he had Longhorn cattle. No advertising in our national publication, had not attended any regional field days that he was invited to and done any net working with other Longhorn breeders. I told this person when he bought them that if he wanted sale barn cattle that he should get some black commercial cattle. Of course, this person had never had cattle before and I also strongly suggested that he get some hay as well as salt and minerals for them. I would think that Dexters would be something that you would have to establish a niche market for. It also takes a while to get your name and reputation out there. One thing we've done besides attending a lot of Longhorn events-sales, shows, field days and going to other breeder's farms is to set up a web site. We're getting more traffice now and selling more cattle. Just some suggestions and some things that have worked for us. The mainstream market seems to be black anything but that's not what we wanted to go for. We've had to help create a market for our animals and we're still working on it. [/QUOTE]
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