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<blockquote data-quote="msscamp" data-source="post: 104919" data-attributes="member: 539"><p>Even if someone were willing to do that, which I seriously doubt, it wouldn't prove anything. There are no givens in the cattle business. We are not conducting controlled 'case studies' in a lab! Feed prices fluctuate, as do hay prices. Just because hay was going for 80/ton last summer doesn't mean it will be going for that this summer. There is no way to know how much rain you are going to get or how bad the winter is going to be or how hot the summer will be or how many calves are going to get sick or what equipment is going to break down - or just maybe die altogether and have to be replaced, or what all is going to go wrong. When I was growing up, we bought alfalfa hay that was then ground for feed. Unknown to us, the hay had moldy sweet clover in it. Moldy sweet clover fed to pregnant cows at the wrong times interferes with the development of the clotting ability in the calves. We had these big, beautiful several month old calves dropping dead all over the place. How are you going to work that into your management plan? It took us several years to recover from that disaster. THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES IN THIS BUSINESS! NONE!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msscamp, post: 104919, member: 539"] Even if someone were willing to do that, which I seriously doubt, it wouldn't prove anything. There are no givens in the cattle business. We are not conducting controlled 'case studies' in a lab! Feed prices fluctuate, as do hay prices. Just because hay was going for 80/ton last summer doesn't mean it will be going for that this summer. There is no way to know how much rain you are going to get or how bad the winter is going to be or how hot the summer will be or how many calves are going to get sick or what equipment is going to break down - or just maybe die altogether and have to be replaced, or what all is going to go wrong. When I was growing up, we bought alfalfa hay that was then ground for feed. Unknown to us, the hay had moldy sweet clover in it. Moldy sweet clover fed to pregnant cows at the wrong times interferes with the development of the clotting ability in the calves. We had these big, beautiful several month old calves dropping dead all over the place. How are you going to work that into your management plan? It took us several years to recover from that disaster. THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES IN THIS BUSINESS! NONE! [/QUOTE]
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