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Large Cow vs Midsize Cow - more anecdotal evidence
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<blockquote data-quote="DOC HARRIS" data-source="post: 789865" data-attributes="member: 1683"><p>It is NOT ALL about "...efficiency in your environment". Of course, no one with a modicum of awareness of <strong><em>business</em></strong> sense in Beef Production Management will argue about the importance of breeding and feeding efficiency on an invironmental basis. That is a given factor that is not debatable! But a very large factor in this specious argument of "Cow Size" and "Pounds" is the COST of PRODUCTION of the breeding herd - at the end of the year! Just receiving 'financial returns ' for produced progeny is NOT the entire story of Business Profit! In the many discussions that I have had with ranchers involving "Total Costs of Production" for the determination of Profit at the end of the year, the main 'stumbling block' in their thinking has been the fact that they ignore the costs of maintaining the breeding herd! </p><p></p><p>Large cows create large feed costs - pasture, hay, bedding, Vet. bills, INefficient conversion of nutrient feedstuffs, and how the pasture land upon which they graze can be utilized to the maximum optimum efficiency - of which it is capable! It is NOT just "Pounds of Calf Sold!" During these discussions it is difficult to understand how obstinate the thinking can be when the facts stare one right in the face!</p><p></p><p>DOC HARRIS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DOC HARRIS, post: 789865, member: 1683"] It is NOT ALL about "...efficiency in your environment". Of course, no one with a modicum of awareness of [b][i]business[/i][/b] sense in Beef Production Management will argue about the importance of breeding and feeding efficiency on an invironmental basis. That is a given factor that is not debatable! But a very large factor in this specious argument of "Cow Size" and "Pounds" is the COST of PRODUCTION of the breeding herd - at the end of the year! Just receiving 'financial returns ' for produced progeny is NOT the entire story of Business Profit! In the many discussions that I have had with ranchers involving "Total Costs of Production" for the determination of Profit at the end of the year, the main 'stumbling block' in their thinking has been the fact that they ignore the costs of maintaining the breeding herd! Large cows create large feed costs - pasture, hay, bedding, Vet. bills, INefficient conversion of nutrient feedstuffs, and how the pasture land upon which they graze can be utilized to the maximum optimum efficiency - of which it is capable! It is NOT just "Pounds of Calf Sold!" During these discussions it is difficult to understand how obstinate the thinking can be when the facts stare one right in the face! DOC HARRIS [/QUOTE]
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