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Managing for '09" from the Hereford World
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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron" data-source="post: 614484" data-attributes="member: 1682"><p>I think your going to continue to see a exodus of people out of the industry. There are a lot of people, who, if they can't break even on selling calves, don't want to be in the industry. Backgrounding calves to yearling is surprisingly too much work for some people.</p><p></p><p>This spring, we are going to cull hard on our fall herd and clean it up. Last fall we cleaned up the spring herd. Hoping that the influx of cash from selling the fall cull cows this spring will allow us to keep some of our yearlings through the summer and sell in the early fall when prices are better and the weights heavier.</p><p></p><p>I know of a local fella (in his 80's now) that made a good living with cattle until he quit in the early 90's (paid for everything and made a good sized profit). He ran about a lot of head (it was in the hundreds) with his two sons and nothing left the premises until it was at least 2 years old. We might have to start thinking in those terms again. :cowboy:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aaron, post: 614484, member: 1682"] I think your going to continue to see a exodus of people out of the industry. There are a lot of people, who, if they can't break even on selling calves, don't want to be in the industry. Backgrounding calves to yearling is surprisingly too much work for some people. This spring, we are going to cull hard on our fall herd and clean it up. Last fall we cleaned up the spring herd. Hoping that the influx of cash from selling the fall cull cows this spring will allow us to keep some of our yearlings through the summer and sell in the early fall when prices are better and the weights heavier. I know of a local fella (in his 80's now) that made a good living with cattle until he quit in the early 90's (paid for everything and made a good sized profit). He ran about a lot of head (it was in the hundreds) with his two sons and nothing left the premises until it was at least 2 years old. We might have to start thinking in those terms again. :cowboy: [/QUOTE]
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