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<blockquote data-quote="adpostel" data-source="post: 783871" data-attributes="member: 14682"><p>Well I spoke to the market manager over at the Gonzales Auction, and he was very nice. He explained the same things alot of you are telling me. He said there is a market, and a profit can be had, but it will be small, thats assuming everything is done right. He did say that for what we are trying to do, we will spend just as much time and money on fattening up these Jerseys and Holsteins as we would a crossbreed. The cost for the crossbreed would be a little more initially to get the calf, but once taken to auction the returns would certainly be greater than a Jersey or Holstein. Well, this is just my first go around with this. The guy I am partnering with seems to know what we are gonna do. He did explain to me that what we are doing would be more of a hobby with the possibility of a small return. I don't mind that. The initial investment is small. The main reason I even considered doing it is because he is a family friend and albeit small, he has the property, pens and equipment already, so there is no expense there. Just the cost of the calves and feed for now. Maybe if it goes well and I get to learn more about it, we could go into getting another breed, such as a crossbreed or something. By the way, what exactly is considered a "crossbreed", is it just any variation of one breed with another, such as Brangus, Braford, and so forth? and what would be the best crossbreed for starters to do what we are doing? Thank You so much to everyone that has responded. I do realize that I am dippin my nose into somethin new and I know nothing about, but I am excited and hopeful, and when I told my kids about it, they were all SUPER EXCITED. I imagine there are alot worse things one could spend their money on than an interesting hobby/learning experience/investment..... :tiphat:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="adpostel, post: 783871, member: 14682"] Well I spoke to the market manager over at the Gonzales Auction, and he was very nice. He explained the same things alot of you are telling me. He said there is a market, and a profit can be had, but it will be small, thats assuming everything is done right. He did say that for what we are trying to do, we will spend just as much time and money on fattening up these Jerseys and Holsteins as we would a crossbreed. The cost for the crossbreed would be a little more initially to get the calf, but once taken to auction the returns would certainly be greater than a Jersey or Holstein. Well, this is just my first go around with this. The guy I am partnering with seems to know what we are gonna do. He did explain to me that what we are doing would be more of a hobby with the possibility of a small return. I don't mind that. The initial investment is small. The main reason I even considered doing it is because he is a family friend and albeit small, he has the property, pens and equipment already, so there is no expense there. Just the cost of the calves and feed for now. Maybe if it goes well and I get to learn more about it, we could go into getting another breed, such as a crossbreed or something. By the way, what exactly is considered a "crossbreed", is it just any variation of one breed with another, such as Brangus, Braford, and so forth? and what would be the best crossbreed for starters to do what we are doing? Thank You so much to everyone that has responded. I do realize that I am dippin my nose into somethin new and I know nothing about, but I am excited and hopeful, and when I told my kids about it, they were all SUPER EXCITED. I imagine there are alot worse things one could spend their money on than an interesting hobby/learning experience/investment..... :tiphat: [/QUOTE]
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