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<blockquote data-quote="djinwa" data-source="post: 573613" data-attributes="member: 8265"><p>Zendog and others, you won't find much of an audience here. Everyone here is in the large scale production mode. I would compare it to the shipping industry. For moving large amounts of goods, you want a large truck. Long-haul truckers are going to laugh at you pushing Toyotas on them. You would want to sell Toyotas to those hauling groceries only. (Of course, there are those who drive a truck only because they feel more like a man.)</p><p></p><p>So rather than saying there is a proper size cow, it's obvious it depends on your situation. There is a place for lowlines, but not on the farms of people here.</p><p></p><p>You mentioned lowlines are a fad. Perhaps the price won't last, but I think the cattle will. Since we have no plans to control our population, the farm of everyone here will eventually be split into 5 acre parcels or less, and water will be scarce for irrigation. The 1000+ acre farm we leased when I was a kid is now all broken up. My brother in Montana has a couple hundred acre farm for which he's being offered millions by developers.</p><p></p><p>If you only have feed to support 900 pounds of bovine, you're going to need a small one. If you can support 1800 pounds, do you get a big cow or 2 small ones? Being a herd animal, two are probably better.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Interesting that lowline promoters are just desperately trying to "justify" themselves, yet large cattle owners desperately argue that larger animals are no harder to handle. Sure some handle fine, but how can you say in general a large animal is no harder than a small one? Reminds me of the fellow who tried telling me a Holstein makes the best family cow. One of his claims was that if stepping on your foot, a 1600 pound Holstein hurts no more than a 1000 pound Jersey. Heck, probably doesn't hurt anymore than a goat stepping on you!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djinwa, post: 573613, member: 8265"] Zendog and others, you won’t find much of an audience here. Everyone here is in the large scale production mode. I would compare it to the shipping industry. For moving large amounts of goods, you want a large truck. Long-haul truckers are going to laugh at you pushing Toyotas on them. You would want to sell Toyotas to those hauling groceries only. (Of course, there are those who drive a truck only because they feel more like a man.) So rather than saying there is a proper size cow, it’s obvious it depends on your situation. There is a place for lowlines, but not on the farms of people here. You mentioned lowlines are a fad. Perhaps the price won’t last, but I think the cattle will. Since we have no plans to control our population, the farm of everyone here will eventually be split into 5 acre parcels or less, and water will be scarce for irrigation. The 1000+ acre farm we leased when I was a kid is now all broken up. My brother in Montana has a couple hundred acre farm for which he’s being offered millions by developers. If you only have feed to support 900 pounds of bovine, you’re going to need a small one. If you can support 1800 pounds, do you get a big cow or 2 small ones? Being a herd animal, two are probably better. Interesting that lowline promoters are just desperately trying to "justify" themselves, yet large cattle owners desperately argue that larger animals are no harder to handle. Sure some handle fine, but how can you say in general a large animal is no harder than a small one? Reminds me of the fellow who tried telling me a Holstein makes the best family cow. One of his claims was that if stepping on your foot, a 1600 pound Holstein hurts no more than a 1000 pound Jersey. Heck, probably doesn't hurt anymore than a goat stepping on you! [/QUOTE]
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