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<blockquote data-quote="MikeC" data-source="post: 401394" data-attributes="member: 1604"><p>You folks take things way too personal. No one has, or will ever say that all small cattlemen are poor managers of their cattle.</p><p>On the other hand, no one will ever say that the large guys are perfect either.</p><p></p><p>But none of us can deny that there is an overwhelming majority of those that have a few cows on some small acreage place that do nothing but rob the calves off the cows when they need a dollar, and little else.</p><p></p><p>Larger producers, in general, either make their living from the cattle business or have other interests that give them the resources to hire someone to at least attempt to properly care for the ranch.</p><p></p><p>If you are small and do a good job with your cattle my hat's off to you. </p><p></p><p>But just last winter, I got at least 20-25 calls from part timers that were having calves asking me to check on "Ol' Betsy" while they were at work in town. Very few of these even have a catch pen at all, much less facilities.</p><p></p><p>Plus, most of these guys buy someone else's cull bulls at the sale barn just to save a few dollars.</p><p></p><p>If we were to add up all these small time folks' cattle that sell their mongrels right alongside the good ones at the sale barn, and subtract them from the total sold, there would be more money in it for the serious ones who really make an attempt at making a better beef product.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeC, post: 401394, member: 1604"] You folks take things way too personal. No one has, or will ever say that all small cattlemen are poor managers of their cattle. On the other hand, no one will ever say that the large guys are perfect either. But none of us can deny that there is an overwhelming majority of those that have a few cows on some small acreage place that do nothing but rob the calves off the cows when they need a dollar, and little else. Larger producers, in general, either make their living from the cattle business or have other interests that give them the resources to hire someone to at least attempt to properly care for the ranch. If you are small and do a good job with your cattle my hat's off to you. But just last winter, I got at least 20-25 calls from part timers that were having calves asking me to check on "Ol' Betsy" while they were at work in town. Very few of these even have a catch pen at all, much less facilities. Plus, most of these guys buy someone else's cull bulls at the sale barn just to save a few dollars. If we were to add up all these small time folks' cattle that sell their mongrels right alongside the good ones at the sale barn, and subtract them from the total sold, there would be more money in it for the serious ones who really make an attempt at making a better beef product. [/QUOTE]
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