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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky" data-source="post: 1820856" data-attributes="member: 32659"><p>I definitely don't doubt that allot of smaller operators are getting out of the biz as are older folks that don't have kids to pass the farm off to. At the same time there are guys that want to grow and have the ability to do so. CB always brings up the hay situation and he is right, we are losing a ton of hay ground as well as people baling hay. The thing producers need to realize though is cattle don't necessarily need hay. They do just fine on a good commodity mix and allot of time it's less expensive and less work to feed. As with any business you have to be willing to adapt and try new things as times change. Cattle numbers will inevitability continue to decline as cities continue to grow and developers buy farm ground. It's just a natural progression. I don't see the rapid decline or the gloom and doom in the cattle biz most on here seem to talk about though. Cattle are still profitable you just need to be realistic and know what to expect out of them. In a post above @Brute said something to the effect of sometimes you keep them too long. I totally agree with this but will add 95% of small producer's don't keep long enough, 75% of medium size sell too early, and the big guys have figured out calves need to be 750-800 to really make money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky, post: 1820856, member: 32659"] I definitely don't doubt that allot of smaller operators are getting out of the biz as are older folks that don't have kids to pass the farm off to. At the same time there are guys that want to grow and have the ability to do so. CB always brings up the hay situation and he is right, we are losing a ton of hay ground as well as people baling hay. The thing producers need to realize though is cattle don't necessarily need hay. They do just fine on a good commodity mix and allot of time it's less expensive and less work to feed. As with any business you have to be willing to adapt and try new things as times change. Cattle numbers will inevitability continue to decline as cities continue to grow and developers buy farm ground. It's just a natural progression. I don’t see the rapid decline or the gloom and doom in the cattle biz most on here seem to talk about though. Cattle are still profitable you just need to be realistic and know what to expect out of them. In a post above @Brute said something to the effect of sometimes you keep them too long. I totally agree with this but will add 95% of small producer's don’t keep long enough, 75% of medium size sell too early, and the big guys have figured out calves need to be 750-800 to really make money. [/QUOTE]
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