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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1760365" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>There are some possibilities. One such program is the Tri-County Steer Carcass Futurity in southwest Iowa. About 20 years ago, I sent 18 steers there to be fed. Darrel Busby was the extension guy in Iowa at that time. He has since retired. The program still exists but may be different now. That program had small farmer feeders that receive cattle from a system of coordinators over the country that put the loads together locally and ship them to the feeders. Overall program coordination by the Iowa extension people. I retained ownership of the steers and was paid based on the carcass. Lots of carcass data on individual steers, carcass data grouped by sires, etc. Be careful what you wish for. There can be rewards for carcass IF you have the right carcass. There can be pain and suffering if you do not. Education can be very helpful but can be very expensive. There are risks that come with the possibility of reward. Participants do learn the value of their steers. Also the importance of vaccination programs, management, herd health, docility, and other factors that contribute to profitability. I hope this Texas facility is successful.</p><p>Some info:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.tcscf.com/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://arec.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2020/09/DarrellBusby.pdf[/URL]</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://beef.caes.uga.edu/content/dam/caes-subsite/beef/docs/ga-beef-challenge/GeorgiaBeefChallengeEntryFormandRules.pdf[/URL]</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.apsc.vt.edu/extensionandoutreach/beef-extension/programs/retained-ownership.html[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1760365, member: 40418"] There are some possibilities. One such program is the Tri-County Steer Carcass Futurity in southwest Iowa. About 20 years ago, I sent 18 steers there to be fed. Darrel Busby was the extension guy in Iowa at that time. He has since retired. The program still exists but may be different now. That program had small farmer feeders that receive cattle from a system of coordinators over the country that put the loads together locally and ship them to the feeders. Overall program coordination by the Iowa extension people. I retained ownership of the steers and was paid based on the carcass. Lots of carcass data on individual steers, carcass data grouped by sires, etc. Be careful what you wish for. There can be rewards for carcass IF you have the right carcass. There can be pain and suffering if you do not. Education can be very helpful but can be very expensive. There are risks that come with the possibility of reward. Participants do learn the value of their steers. Also the importance of vaccination programs, management, herd health, docility, and other factors that contribute to profitability. I hope this Texas facility is successful. Some info: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.tcscf.com/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://arec.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2020/09/DarrellBusby.pdf[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://beef.caes.uga.edu/content/dam/caes-subsite/beef/docs/ga-beef-challenge/GeorgiaBeefChallengeEntryFormandRules.pdf[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.apsc.vt.edu/extensionandoutreach/beef-extension/programs/retained-ownership.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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