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What is the scoop from the nerd base here on lowline angus? 2 head per acre accurate?

With my limited acreage, this breed with 2 head per acre is peaking my interest.
 
I'm trying to rebuild our pasture to get rid of the smutgrass all together. I've been spot spraying the last two years and making progress. Another thought that has come to me is even if I was to stay with the same number of head I have now, I could theoretically use half my pasture and afford to plow the other half. Right now, I cannot afford the plow any of it in large sections as I need all the grass I can get.
 
4-H and general beef sales (either meat markets or sale barn). A lot of 4-H children, which the 4-H Baby Beef competition is only Angus. Cross is allowed, but must have 50% Angus to enter.
 
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You'll get killed at the sale barn with these lowlines. Discounts on lowlines are heavy.

I'm unsure about lowlines in 4H markets.
 
The only way to get rid of smutgrass is to dig drainage canals thru your compacted wetland soil.

There is no way your soil, my soil, or any soil in South Louisiana can run two head of cattle per acre.

Don't listen to the nerds like me. I bet you can show us how a cool kid does it. You can run three times the animals on half the acreage because you are not constrained by nerdiness.
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I do not know anything about your pasture ground. However (our local) Chico State had Lowlines there on test and their data was very impressive. I would imagine that you could look it up and see the numbers on how they compared to the Angus.
The Lowlines have a good (private) market for some that want smaller cuts of beef. Just depends on your area. The sale barn is not the place to market them, I am sure. But there are certainly other options for them!
 
branguscowgirl":1fsr0fuo said:
I do not know anything about your pasture ground. However (our local) Chico State had Lowlines there on test and their data was very impressive. I would imagine that you could look it up and see the numbers on how they compared to the Angus.
The Lowlines have a good (private) market for some that want smaller cuts of beef. Just depends on your area. The sale barn is not the place to market them, I am sure. But there are certainly other options for them!
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BCG, this is one of the limitations of the forums. Theoretically you can do whatever you want but there are genuine, practical limitations that dictate what you should do.

1) 4H calves- If you are trying to jump into Black Angus you at competing with very wealthy men in Louisiana. No chance in he// Mudhog can last in that environment.

2) Selling beef- Mudhog is near Babineaux Slaughterhouse, the one we all use. He may be able to sell around the University in Lafayette but chances are those kids have freezer beef, too.

If he wants to expand his income he needs to follow the lead of someone like ricebelt and breed quality stock for show and your commercial.
 
I completely agreed with JWBrahman. I has yet seen a lowline won the contest in 4-H shows and I wouldn't use lowlines in market steer shows. Even if he can sells beef privately, he will have fierce competition with many small scale farmers, not just farmers with lowlines but with various breeds.
 
Thanks folks. So it looks like I may be better off reducing the herd number and upgrading breed/blood line. With land in the $18k-$25k plus per acre range, I just don't see myself being able to sustain that kind of land loan.
 
MudHog":1nc3tk89 said:
Thanks folks. So it looks like I may be better off reducing the herd number and upgrading breed/blood line. With land in the $18k-$25k plus per acre range, I just don't see myself being able to sustain that kind of land loan.
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Run someone elses's stockers on your leased land. Hard to lose money doing that (but you might at those land prices). FWIW.
 
Walnutcrest, running stockers is a good plan. If you vary your stocking rates you can probably run 3-4 stockers per acre of plants rye and clover. That is why most of the land in Central Louisiana is under lease to Oklahoma and Kansas feedyards.

Mudhog can dramatically increase his income with a Grey Brahman herd using Hereford and Angus bulls.

March heifer and her mother. The Brahman weaned her and dried up without me lifting a finger. The heifer is pushing 900 and will be 1100+ when she hits a year old. Heifers like that are worth four average steers.

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