calves on grass

[cswilson]

If your grazing for WW or Neilson's I'd go with a flat charge per day-they sometimes just 'store' cattle on grass and will do you dry if you graze them on a payment for gain deal-I've never had that pleasure but some neighbors have. Breeding heifers on grass works out pretty well-you get the gain plus some value adding if you breed the right kind of heifers.

[gopher]

I appreciated the comments and it did touch on some things that never occured to me. One thing I really noticed is the differences between true ranching and raising cattle on smaller irrigated farms. When people drive by my place and see all these cattle on 4 to 7 acre plots they think this guy is one brick short of a load.In this area (feedlot ally)most good irrigated land is used for silage or alfalfa not grazing cattle although a few are doing it and appear to do well. I did look into renting the place out but after hearing some sad stories I think I'm going to go it alone.Hope you all have a good summer.