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<blockquote data-quote="Alberta farmer" data-source="post: 653375" data-attributes="member: 8978"><p>I think if you own cattle you are going to lose some? As long as the losses don't get overly large you will do okay. Second guessing yourself is usually a waste of time.</p><p>I guess the trick of the trade is trying to raise an animal that stands a good chance of doing her job without your help? There will always be some that need help through no real fault of their own, without a doubt. We never check an animal at night. When the sun goes down the next time we see them is at daybreak.</p><p>On the heifer thing: The way I see it is this: By keeping my own heifers I know what her momma could do. I know how she was fed out. I know she isn't packing a bunch of strange bugs. I know she doesn"t have flighty genetics. If that costs me a few extra bucks then I will gladly pay them.</p><p>The economics of a cow/calf business are pretty slim most years. It really is a tough business, but at the end of the day you can get some satisfaction that you lived a productive life and actually produced something that was needed? Can you say that if you had some government job?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alberta farmer, post: 653375, member: 8978"] I think if you own cattle you are going to lose some? As long as the losses don't get overly large you will do okay. Second guessing yourself is usually a waste of time. I guess the trick of the trade is trying to raise an animal that stands a good chance of doing her job without your help? There will always be some that need help through no real fault of their own, without a doubt. We never check an animal at night. When the sun goes down the next time we see them is at daybreak. On the heifer thing: The way I see it is this: By keeping my own heifers I know what her momma could do. I know how she was fed out. I know she isn't packing a bunch of strange bugs. I know she doesn"t have flighty genetics. If that costs me a few extra bucks then I will gladly pay them. The economics of a cow/calf business are pretty slim most years. It really is a tough business, but at the end of the day you can get some satisfaction that you lived a productive life and actually produced something that was needed? Can you say that if you had some government job? [/QUOTE]
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