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<blockquote data-quote="Badlands" data-source="post: 325629" data-attributes="member: 5010"><p>Doesn't matter!</p><p></p><p>Name one seedstock supplier that was able to buy into a proven family and make it go as successfully as the folks that first raised them over the longer term?</p><p></p><p>Sure, some folks have made a killing on buying a few cows from other people and being able to market them, we can see that.</p><p></p><p>But, none of the folks that did this are long term people.</p><p></p><p>Name one long term seedstock producer (20 years) that bought in and made a go by selling what someone else had first found. Lot's of them make a go in the short term, but it really isn't a "go" if it is short term is it? If it was a "go" they would still be "going" rather than "gone".</p><p></p><p>I can think of one, maybe two players that did what you are asking. Maybe a few more, but by then, they were banking more on their own reputation and what they had created than what they had purchased.</p><p></p><p></p><p>So, to answer your question. I would pick a few solid cow lines, I'd keep my mouth shut about how great they were, at least until they REALLY proved it at my place, and by then I would be in business for 20 years, or not, thus not needing this sort of start that you ask about.</p><p></p><p>I don't mean to hijack your thread, it just strikes me in a little different way that the way you wrote it, HOSS.</p><p></p><p>Badlands</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Badlands, post: 325629, member: 5010"] Doesn't matter! Name one seedstock supplier that was able to buy into a proven family and make it go as successfully as the folks that first raised them over the longer term? Sure, some folks have made a killing on buying a few cows from other people and being able to market them, we can see that. But, none of the folks that did this are long term people. Name one long term seedstock producer (20 years) that bought in and made a go by selling what someone else had first found. Lot's of them make a go in the short term, but it really isn't a "go" if it is short term is it? If it was a "go" they would still be "going" rather than "gone". I can think of one, maybe two players that did what you are asking. Maybe a few more, but by then, they were banking more on their own reputation and what they had created than what they had purchased. So, to answer your question. I would pick a few solid cow lines, I'd keep my mouth shut about how great they were, at least until they REALLY proved it at my place, and by then I would be in business for 20 years, or not, thus not needing this sort of start that you ask about. I don't mean to hijack your thread, it just strikes me in a little different way that the way you wrote it, HOSS. Badlands [/QUOTE]
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