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<blockquote data-quote="DiamondSCattleCo" data-source="post: 161064" data-attributes="member: 2862"><p>I'm with gipper, only I'd change 'actively' to 'successfully' as in successfully raised cattle for many years. I know a few guys in this area who have had livestock for 50 years, have been active with worming, vaccinations, etc etc, but I wouldn't allow a solitary animal on the place due to non-performance. And there are a few old time cowboys who rarely ever work their animals, but I'd bet their herds would fall in the top 90% in Saskatchewan. But they've had closed herds for 40 years and have never had to worry about alot of the disease we see these days.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion, it takes more than 1 or 2 mentors and it takes a healthy dose of common sense to properly raise animals. Objectively look at what others are doing, try and estimate how their practices would impact your own herd. And don't be afraid to experiment. If you want to try something new, break a few animals out of your herd and run a test on em. If the test doesn't yield the expected results, sit down and figure out why, don't just assume that something doesn't work.</p><p></p><p>Read alot. Take what you read on the internet with a large grain of salt. There are alot of 'experts' out there who simply don't seem to understand that regional variations not only exist within breeds but in the environment and this will heavily influence your results and practices.</p><p></p><p>Rod</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiamondSCattleCo, post: 161064, member: 2862"] I'm with gipper, only I'd change 'actively' to 'successfully' as in successfully raised cattle for many years. I know a few guys in this area who have had livestock for 50 years, have been active with worming, vaccinations, etc etc, but I wouldn't allow a solitary animal on the place due to non-performance. And there are a few old time cowboys who rarely ever work their animals, but I'd bet their herds would fall in the top 90% in Saskatchewan. But they've had closed herds for 40 years and have never had to worry about alot of the disease we see these days. In my opinion, it takes more than 1 or 2 mentors and it takes a healthy dose of common sense to properly raise animals. Objectively look at what others are doing, try and estimate how their practices would impact your own herd. And don't be afraid to experiment. If you want to try something new, break a few animals out of your herd and run a test on em. If the test doesn't yield the expected results, sit down and figure out why, don't just assume that something doesn't work. Read alot. Take what you read on the internet with a large grain of salt. There are alot of 'experts' out there who simply don't seem to understand that regional variations not only exist within breeds but in the environment and this will heavily influence your results and practices. Rod [/QUOTE]
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