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<blockquote data-quote="NewRenoFarmsInKY" data-source="post: 1783771" data-attributes="member: 32426"><p>Gcreek- I am indeed a generation removed from raising cattle (kind of). Like most farm stories it's complicated, but I'm happy to be the one who picked it back up. My grandfather started raising them in about 1947, and my uncle farmed alongside him until 2000. Uncle got killed in a farming accident, and my granddad passed away a few years later. My dad is quite alive, but never really took to raising cattle. He likes the idea of farming for sure-but I think he likes it in theory only. When I first retired I tried to farm with him, and figured he could show me the ropes -but that didn't survive 2 years, and only left hard feelings. It's really a shame we couldn't make a go of it together.</p><p></p><p>So I started fresh from scratch by myself in late 2020 and went about the hardest route I could, starting with a farm full of heifers. Learned a lot of lessons my first calving season…but lessons I'm thankful for!</p><p></p><p>And Roc, your point is well taken. I've just steered every male up to this point, but I was still sizing up my cows. There's a few that if they give me a bull they should give a really nice one. Actually I may keep a couple bulls out of that Angus as well. To be honest, I'm still learning a lot, but most of the bulls I'm seeing for sale locally should have been steers. I don't want to be the next Craigslist post everyone on here gets a chuckle out of <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" />. So if I do keep some intact they'll be some nice ones <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😊" title="Smiling face with smiling eyes :blush:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60a.png" data-shortname=":blush:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NewRenoFarmsInKY, post: 1783771, member: 32426"] Gcreek- I am indeed a generation removed from raising cattle (kind of). Like most farm stories it’s complicated, but I’m happy to be the one who picked it back up. My grandfather started raising them in about 1947, and my uncle farmed alongside him until 2000. Uncle got killed in a farming accident, and my granddad passed away a few years later. My dad is quite alive, but never really took to raising cattle. He likes the idea of farming for sure-but I think he likes it in theory only. When I first retired I tried to farm with him, and figured he could show me the ropes -but that didn’t survive 2 years, and only left hard feelings. It’s really a shame we couldn’t make a go of it together. So I started fresh from scratch by myself in late 2020 and went about the hardest route I could, starting with a farm full of heifers. Learned a lot of lessons my first calving season…but lessons I’m thankful for! And Roc, your point is well taken. I’ve just steered every male up to this point, but I was still sizing up my cows. There’s a few that if they give me a bull they should give a really nice one. Actually I may keep a couple bulls out of that Angus as well. To be honest, I’m still learning a lot, but most of the bulls I’m seeing for sale locally should have been steers. I don’t want to be the next Craigslist post everyone on here gets a chuckle out of 😂. So if I do keep some intact they’ll be some nice ones 😊 [/QUOTE]
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