HDRider":30udz7pv said:Last time we got rain, almost a month ago.
The Director of Purchasing for Creekstone buys our calves for his family operation. I suspect Creekstone purchases the finished feeders. Interesting, they pay a premium for the heifers but steers are pretty much market value, sometimes a little above (they may retain the heifers? They do a lot of ET). He even brought out a group (6 vans) of chefs from various resorts in Mexico (a couple from Australia) in May and one of the K-State Extension Agents brought out a group of Agents from U of Tenn in April. Farm-to-Table is a big thing now. I don't mind my girls being used for marketing purposes because I want to promote good animal husbandry. My herd is small, right now 50 cow/calf pair, 5 bred replacement heifers, 3 bulls & a couple misfits but it's a manageable size and makes me happy. :heart:Workinonit Farm":x9oy2p1p said:TCRanch, it is nice when you have cooperative animals. In those situations you had, there was definitely and advantage to having "tame" cows. With all those "happy cows" commercials for California dairy products, people look for "happy cows". ;-)
Did it go well with those individuals? were you able to make & close any deals?
TCRanch":1w2yxlqv said:The Director of Purchasing for Creekstone buys our calves for his family operation. I suspect Creekstone purchases the finished feeders. Interesting, they pay a premium for the heifers but steers are pretty much market value, sometimes a little above (they may retain the heifers? They do a lot of ET). He even brought out a group (6 vans) of chefs from various resorts in Mexico (a couple from Australia) in May and one of the K-State Extension Agents brought out a group of Agents from U of Tenn in April. Farm-to-Table is a big thing now. I don't mind my girls being used for marketing purposes because I want to promote good animal husbandry. My herd is small, right now 50 cow/calf pair, 5 bred replacement heifers, 3 bulls & a couple misfits but it's a manageable size and makes me happy. :heart:Workinonit Farm":1w2yxlqv said:TCRanch, it is nice when you have cooperative animals. In those situations you had, there was definitely and advantage to having "tame" cows. With all those "happy cows" commercials for California dairy products, people look for "happy cows". ;-)
Did it go well with those individuals? were you able to make & close any deals?
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Look at those babies run!Bright Raven":2jodpdx1 said:
TCRanch":9s67c8e5 said:Look at those babies run!Bright Raven":9s67c8e5 said:
A side note on keeping the bale rings upright: had a bull we referred to as the Village Idiot. One day he decided to re-purpose a bale ring into a giant exercise wheel (channeling his inner gerbil?). The fun lasted all of one minute before he got his enormous neck stuck between the rings. Sometimes the most innocuous things are really an accident waiting to happen.