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<blockquote data-quote="GoWyo" data-source="post: 1724296" data-attributes="member: 38220"><p>If you are running red angus cows, I would say you have a couple of ways to go. One would be to keep them red angus using registered sires (with your herd numbers being pretty low at this point a bull is hard to justify, are you planning to AI?). Another route is to AI them to an Akaushi bull, but you may want to feed out all the calves if you do -- I am not familiar with Akaushi crosses as mother cows. I would probably want to keep the cow base red angus though.</p><p></p><p>If your 80 acres is dryland pasture, 5 cows is probably all it will support and that is with cross fencing and pasture rotations and if you expand you will need to keep them drylotted a good part of the year or find lease pastures. Leases can work well. Having gentle cows, proper grazing management skills and good fencing skills and knowledge of how to use electric fences can lead to grazing smaller properties that the owners currently just mow for fire control. Bad thing about leases is when you lose one and don't have another one lined up it is time to drylot with expensive hay or sell down to capacity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoWyo, post: 1724296, member: 38220"] If you are running red angus cows, I would say you have a couple of ways to go. One would be to keep them red angus using registered sires (with your herd numbers being pretty low at this point a bull is hard to justify, are you planning to AI?). Another route is to AI them to an Akaushi bull, but you may want to feed out all the calves if you do -- I am not familiar with Akaushi crosses as mother cows. I would probably want to keep the cow base red angus though. If your 80 acres is dryland pasture, 5 cows is probably all it will support and that is with cross fencing and pasture rotations and if you expand you will need to keep them drylotted a good part of the year or find lease pastures. Leases can work well. Having gentle cows, proper grazing management skills and good fencing skills and knowledge of how to use electric fences can lead to grazing smaller properties that the owners currently just mow for fire control. Bad thing about leases is when you lose one and don't have another one lined up it is time to drylot with expensive hay or sell down to capacity. [/QUOTE]
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