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To keep heifers back or not?
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<blockquote data-quote="Caustic Burno" data-source="post: 912342" data-attributes="member: 694"><p>IMO it makes no sense to retain heifers in a commercial operation. They are very costly and are a crap shoot.</p><p>I have increased input cost by retaining a cow that will not return to the bottom line for two and half years as well as the dam has not returned anything to the bottom line for two years. If the heifer dies you can not write her off as a retained heifer has no value other than your input cost. You can buy a heavy that will go into production now and returning to the bottom line, as well as the write off/ depreciation value.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caustic Burno, post: 912342, member: 694"] IMO it makes no sense to retain heifers in a commercial operation. They are very costly and are a crap shoot. I have increased input cost by retaining a cow that will not return to the bottom line for two and half years as well as the dam has not returned anything to the bottom line for two years. If the heifer dies you can not write her off as a retained heifer has no value other than your input cost. You can buy a heavy that will go into production now and returning to the bottom line, as well as the write off/ depreciation value. [/QUOTE]
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