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<blockquote data-quote="Deepsouth" data-source="post: 1225043" data-attributes="member: 17608"><p>The biggest problem I see you facing is that you don't know many exprienced cattlemen. I grew up on about a 50 head cattle farm and worked cows for other farms as well but was away from cows for many years. When I decided that I might want to get into the cattle business I was fortunate enough to know plenty of experienced cattlemen who were plenty willing to point me in the right direction. I spent alot of time with these guys before I pulled the trigger. I actually started out thinking that I would do a few stockers but was advised that they could take alot of doctoring and also market fluctuations were a risk also. I took the advise and decided to go commercial cow and calf. Next was deciding what kind of cows. Almost everyone recommended angus influenced crossbred cows of the best quality I could find. My one requirement was good gentle cows. I was advised not to buy from the barn. I'm not bashing the barns or the cattle that come from the barns but was told to go to the farms and watch how the cattle act as they are being handled in a similar situation in which I would be handling them. One breed I wanted to stay away from was brangus. I'd had experience with them growing up and it wasn't good. To make a long story short I ended up buying a group of cows that half of which were brangus with good dispositions. But one of my experienced buddies actually went with me twice to look at them and recommended that I buy them. My whole point is having some experienced cattlemen to advise you is invaluable.</p><p></p><p>One more thing you need to think about is your pastures. While starting with the right cows for you is important the pasture that you will be putting them on is extremely important. This is also where advice from experienced local cattlemen is invaluable. As caustic burno likes to point out a good cattle grower is a good grass grower first.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deepsouth, post: 1225043, member: 17608"] The biggest problem I see you facing is that you don't know many exprienced cattlemen. I grew up on about a 50 head cattle farm and worked cows for other farms as well but was away from cows for many years. When I decided that I might want to get into the cattle business I was fortunate enough to know plenty of experienced cattlemen who were plenty willing to point me in the right direction. I spent alot of time with these guys before I pulled the trigger. I actually started out thinking that I would do a few stockers but was advised that they could take alot of doctoring and also market fluctuations were a risk also. I took the advise and decided to go commercial cow and calf. Next was deciding what kind of cows. Almost everyone recommended angus influenced crossbred cows of the best quality I could find. My one requirement was good gentle cows. I was advised not to buy from the barn. I'm not bashing the barns or the cattle that come from the barns but was told to go to the farms and watch how the cattle act as they are being handled in a similar situation in which I would be handling them. One breed I wanted to stay away from was brangus. I'd had experience with them growing up and it wasn't good. To make a long story short I ended up buying a group of cows that half of which were brangus with good dispositions. But one of my experienced buddies actually went with me twice to look at them and recommended that I buy them. My whole point is having some experienced cattlemen to advise you is invaluable. One more thing you need to think about is your pastures. While starting with the right cows for you is important the pasture that you will be putting them on is extremely important. This is also where advice from experienced local cattlemen is invaluable. As caustic burno likes to point out a good cattle grower is a good grass grower first. [/QUOTE]
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