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<blockquote data-quote="ColombianRancher" data-source="post: 1692951" data-attributes="member: 42079"><p>Thanks for all the good advice. Where I live in Colombia the temps range from about 60 to 80 degrees, which to me didn't seem that hot. On my family's ranch in Montana, the range of temps was 10 to 90+. I am looking at buying cattle here in Colombia from an area were temps range from 35 to 70. And the altitude would be from 8000 ft down to 3500 ft. The breeds will likely be brahma, brangus and cebu. These are breeds that are best suited in the tropics. My fellow ranchers in my area say that bringing cattle from the higher altitudes is not recommended. They mostly raise a local mut breed called criolla as anything else is too expensive for the local market. But there are some raising brahma, brangus and cebu for that market in Bogota. One of the reasons they cited is the difference in tick loads. They are absolutely horrible here. We are using pour on about once a month and it keeps the problem somewhat manageable. I don't want to be that arrogant, "I know better" gringo. But it just doesn't make sense that such a relatively small difference would be that critical. I can understand with dairy cattle. I think for now I will follow my neighbors' advice. I wish I had paid more attention in those FFA classes</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ColombianRancher, post: 1692951, member: 42079"] Thanks for all the good advice. Where I live in Colombia the temps range from about 60 to 80 degrees, which to me didn't seem that hot. On my family's ranch in Montana, the range of temps was 10 to 90+. I am looking at buying cattle here in Colombia from an area were temps range from 35 to 70. And the altitude would be from 8000 ft down to 3500 ft. The breeds will likely be brahma, brangus and cebu. These are breeds that are best suited in the tropics. My fellow ranchers in my area say that bringing cattle from the higher altitudes is not recommended. They mostly raise a local mut breed called criolla as anything else is too expensive for the local market. But there are some raising brahma, brangus and cebu for that market in Bogota. One of the reasons they cited is the difference in tick loads. They are absolutely horrible here. We are using pour on about once a month and it keeps the problem somewhat manageable. I don't want to be that arrogant, "I know better" gringo. But it just doesn't make sense that such a relatively small difference would be that critical. I can understand with dairy cattle. I think for now I will follow my neighbors' advice. I wish I had paid more attention in those FFA classes [/QUOTE]
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