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<blockquote data-quote="Keren" data-source="post: 287291" data-attributes="member: 3195"><p>Partly for sentimental reasons, as he has been siring in the herd for the past 10 yrs and the majority of show winners and breeder cows are by him. </p><p></p><p>The other reason is the economics of it. I'm not sure how aware you are of conditions over here but grain prices are amazingly high but only 1 in 20 paddocks around here will actually yield grain. A lot of paddocks cannot even be cut for hay. Feed is scarce, so the market is absolutely flooded with livestock, which has lead to dismal prices for stock. Net result being if we were to send him off they could only take him midway through november (by which time I imagine he will be dead anyway without the feed) and livestock prices are excruciatingly low so with the cost of transport we would actually lose money.</p><p></p><p>Had the season been better he would have been kept -- he still joins all the cows and has terrific calves. Bottom line is we just can't get any feed. Excruciating decision and one I wish we didn't have to make.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keren, post: 287291, member: 3195"] Partly for sentimental reasons, as he has been siring in the herd for the past 10 yrs and the majority of show winners and breeder cows are by him. The other reason is the economics of it. I'm not sure how aware you are of conditions over here but grain prices are amazingly high but only 1 in 20 paddocks around here will actually yield grain. A lot of paddocks cannot even be cut for hay. Feed is scarce, so the market is absolutely flooded with livestock, which has lead to dismal prices for stock. Net result being if we were to send him off they could only take him midway through november (by which time I imagine he will be dead anyway without the feed) and livestock prices are excruciatingly low so with the cost of transport we would actually lose money. Had the season been better he would have been kept -- he still joins all the cows and has terrific calves. Bottom line is we just can't get any feed. Excruciating decision and one I wish we didn't have to make. [/QUOTE]
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