I think a lot of people are struggling with this very question (rebuilding) right now?
Do you keep the heifers or not? Lets face it a 700-750 lb heifer calf is worth close to $1100? And that is hard to pass up!
We've all seen what a wreck like BSE can do to high prices? We've all seen how our government will throw us to the wolves at the first opportunity?
On the other hand....500 lb. calves sneaking up on that $2/lb. mark, sure is tempting....if there was just some stability in this country!
I dither away about this everyday. I always said if cows got to $1500 I'd sell them. I'm way understocked right now....only 60 cows from a 150 in 2003...although like grassfarmer said I cleaned most of the old girls out in the 2009 drought. This nice winter has made feeding cows enjoyable...compared to that dirty winter last year!
I had intended to spend some time in the sunny south this winter.....until I got involved with politics! I sure wish that darned Alison Redford had a fixed election date! I don't start calving until April 15.
Do you keep the heifers or not? Lets face it a 700-750 lb heifer calf is worth close to $1100? And that is hard to pass up!
We've all seen what a wreck like BSE can do to high prices? We've all seen how our government will throw us to the wolves at the first opportunity?
On the other hand....500 lb. calves sneaking up on that $2/lb. mark, sure is tempting....if there was just some stability in this country!
I dither away about this everyday. I always said if cows got to $1500 I'd sell them. I'm way understocked right now....only 60 cows from a 150 in 2003...although like grassfarmer said I cleaned most of the old girls out in the 2009 drought. This nice winter has made feeding cows enjoyable...compared to that dirty winter last year!
I had intended to spend some time in the sunny south this winter.....until I got involved with politics! I sure wish that darned Alison Redford had a fixed election date! I don't start calving until April 15.
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