DCA farm
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Looking at getting some brush cows to run on a lease place in Southwest louisiana question is would I be better off with longhorn or Corriente cows. I'll end up running a beef bull on them more than likely
Longhorn or Corriente
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Ebenezer
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Any market for rodeo calves?holm25 said:
callmefence
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Imo black corriente bred to Angus or char bulls will produce the most marketable calves. You'll still take a hit but there is definitely a place for plan.
DCA farm
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I'd have no problem selling the calves 1/2 my family rope 1/2 my friends ropeEbenezer said:
DCA farm
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holm25 said:
Only 1/2 is now able other 1/2 is woods/cutover and small grass openings reason I'm gonna run brush type cows
Neither... Brahman, maybe crosses or a composite breed. A small place like that would be perfect to start a nice herd.
1982vett
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In that case, go with the corriente to keep the horns shorter for roping. :2cents:DCA farm said:
Also, from what I've seen...., corrient can eat the grass to the dirt and survive. ;-)
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Brute 23 said:
Iits 37 acres 16 pasture/16 woods and cut over 5 acres of road front pasture that has a restriction on it and can't be grazed. In your opinion while Brahman cattle utilize 16 acres of woods and cutover enough to even bother fencing it in. It's a family members land won't cost me a yearly note to put cows on it. I may just fence in the grazable and run heavy Breds on it
DCA farm said:
Yes the hustle and eat a lot of the things like LH... and you can get real money for them. That would be a great place to have a little herd of pure bloods if you have the capital to get in the game. I bet you could potentially even go with 1/2 or 3/4 bloods if you wanted to stay with terminal calves.
Post a pic of the "woods" and pasture. That will tell us a lot more. It has to be really bad... I mean really bad... to justify a LH. In that kind of country, that requires LH, you have to have a ton of acres to run any kind of numbers.
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Brute 23 said:
Not sure how to post pictures the pasture section just needs to be bushogged or burned and let the grass come backed it's been bush hoggd 3x a year every year except last year it rained so much he didn't bother doing it the woods are mostly oaks and a few pines the cut over was all pine that was aloud to grow up after trees were cut
5S Cattle
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My Brahmans eat as much brush and leaves as they do grass.
ALACOWMAN
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Mine looks like the eat brush and leaves....
DCA farm said:
Im PMed you. I can help post pics.
DCA farm
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Brute 23 said:
Sorry I haven't got back over there to get any pictures yet. I've got a complete working pen and chute rebuild going just ain't had time to get over there again.
DCA farm
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Got out there yesterday on 4 wheeler the section of land I'll run cows on needs to be bush hogged bad. It's a good 4-6ft tall
I won't fool with fencing in the cut over it's done went to thicket I will have to build fence on front and back the sides have good fence one side has 5 strand barb wire other has net wire with 2 strands of barb. The natural spring has goodwater I'll probsbly just dig a small water pond let it fill off the spring. I'll onlg be able to run 10 Head on it. But that's 10 more head i can use
I won't fool with fencing in the cut over it's done went to thicket I will have to build fence on front and back the sides have good fence one side has 5 strand barb wire other has net wire with 2 strands of barb. The natural spring has goodwater I'll probsbly just dig a small water pond let it fill off the spring. I'll onlg be able to run 10 Head on it. But that's 10 more head i can use
