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<blockquote data-quote="Lawson Farms" data-source="post: 898474" data-attributes="member: 14971"><p>Can anyone give me pointers about raising stockers thru the summer? I'm just trying to find a way to get some short term monetary gains. I'd like to hear experienced opinions on the following:</p><p></p><p>what age to buy, (maybe buy the youngest/smallest at a sale barn)</p><p>how long to keep them, (90-120 days)</p><p>what vac program you use (Ultrabac7, Bovishield Gold, Epirnex)</p><p>ADG on just Grass (Fescue) with minerals</p><p>Thoughts on supplementing w/ corn silage ration</p><p></p><p>Any other answers to questions I forgot to ask...</p><p></p><p>Business Setup: I work off farm full time, we used to milk, sold the milk herd, trying to build up cow/calf herd. I kept/would like to continue to keep (3) of the dairy employees for the cows, hay harvesting, soybean harvest, corn silage harvest, wheat harvest. I'm just trying to make a couple of pastures pay their way until we grow our herd enough to fill everything. </p><p></p><p>Thanks for the input.</p><p></p><p>BL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lawson Farms, post: 898474, member: 14971"] Can anyone give me pointers about raising stockers thru the summer? I'm just trying to find a way to get some short term monetary gains. I'd like to hear experienced opinions on the following: what age to buy, (maybe buy the youngest/smallest at a sale barn) how long to keep them, (90-120 days) what vac program you use (Ultrabac7, Bovishield Gold, Epirnex) ADG on just Grass (Fescue) with minerals Thoughts on supplementing w/ corn silage ration Any other answers to questions I forgot to ask... Business Setup: I work off farm full time, we used to milk, sold the milk herd, trying to build up cow/calf herd. I kept/would like to continue to keep (3) of the dairy employees for the cows, hay harvesting, soybean harvest, corn silage harvest, wheat harvest. I'm just trying to make a couple of pastures pay their way until we grow our herd enough to fill everything. Thanks for the input. BL [/QUOTE]
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