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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1815629" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>This year we are in a very good position. Mostly it is because we were late getting the cows out to pasture which has turned out to be a blessing... And having 25-35 fewer cows than we had last year, plus so few retained heifers. The slow growth due to the cooler June and little rain had us very concerned... but then the rain came end of June, it warmed up, and everything just jumped out of the ground. Because we didn't hold over the number of heifers we usually do we actually sub-rented a pasture to a neighbor for 10 heifers of his.... I am of the mindset that unless it was a heifer out of an old and very good long time productive cow, they did not stay... $2.00 heifers 3 months ago were not practical to keep. In a couple of years when they crash again, retaining $.75/lb heifers makes more sense... I did this years ago and my son said I was nuts to sell all my heifers those 2 years.... but he told people many times since that "mom made a smart choice" and he wished he had sold more of his... Understand that I run about 30 cows or so in the "combined herd" we run together; out of the 150 brood cows we have.... </p><p>It is where it is... I am no "crystal ball gypsy reader".... just watched the trends for a long time... but honestly, things are where it is ANYONE'S guess right now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1815629, member: 25884"] This year we are in a very good position. Mostly it is because we were late getting the cows out to pasture which has turned out to be a blessing... And having 25-35 fewer cows than we had last year, plus so few retained heifers. The slow growth due to the cooler June and little rain had us very concerned... but then the rain came end of June, it warmed up, and everything just jumped out of the ground. Because we didn't hold over the number of heifers we usually do we actually sub-rented a pasture to a neighbor for 10 heifers of his.... I am of the mindset that unless it was a heifer out of an old and very good long time productive cow, they did not stay... $2.00 heifers 3 months ago were not practical to keep. In a couple of years when they crash again, retaining $.75/lb heifers makes more sense... I did this years ago and my son said I was nuts to sell all my heifers those 2 years.... but he told people many times since that "mom made a smart choice" and he wished he had sold more of his... Understand that I run about 30 cows or so in the "combined herd" we run together; out of the 150 brood cows we have.... It is where it is... I am no "crystal ball gypsy reader".... just watched the trends for a long time... but honestly, things are where it is ANYONE'S guess right now. [/QUOTE]
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