Any suggestions welcome

[DiamondSCattleCo]

I understand now where you're coming from GrassFarmer. As for the 75% British, I tend to agree with the consistency statement, although it may limit the number of cow/calf guys who wish to participate. I'm not sure about Alberta, but within Saskatchewan, we have a fair number of guys who swear by exotic cross calves, simply because of the growth.

Rod

[cswilson]

Swear at or swear by lol. I just found out today that the practice cows and the practice bulls for the rodeo deal here had a clandestine meeting in June. I really hate having calves now even when things go good lol.

[rkaiser]

Thanks for the comments folks.

Exit strategy for shareholders in the Brokerage company is certainly being looked at farmer_son, but I have only presented the CBO non-profit structure to you so far. The Brokerage company is a separate entity. The way out for a CBO member is the commodity market. Don't think we will have too many bailers; do you?

As for you Whitey - you just cuddle up to the wonderful young husband of yours and quit thinking about the what ifs. And thank you very much for your support. If you need any help with your real estate venture - don't be afraid to ask this board. The minds that float around on here are not just cattle minds, but business minds first.

Grassfarmer - Would you please accept my own personal invitation to our meeting on the 17th of March. This meeting is not simply about cattle, but about people as well. I do believe that the Luing breed would fit well in the program, but believe even more that you and your Luing partner in crime would be an asset to our organization. I was talking about Mr. Church there grassfarmer. As far as the meeting is concerned - we are inviting all of our better halves, and that partner of yours is more than welcome as well. Cheers I will call you later.

Thank you Mr. Wilson for the heads up, and the support. Good luck with your clandestine calves.

As far as the discussion on breed association. Part of the reason behind the Welsh Black - Galloway - Highland - Devon and Luing cattle breeds is marketing. I know that the cattle breed has less to do with a quality carcass than structure and cartilage composition, however breeds like Angus, Hereford, and dare I say Shorthorn have the organization size to do something like this on their own. Take our plan to the Shorthorn group Diamond, and tell them how it could work for them. The E.U. is a huge market and we will not even begin to satisfy the orders once we hit the beaches of the Continent.

Thanks for your input on Dam percentage etc. It led to me adding a few suggestions for our meeting. I will propose that the dam be a maximum of 1350 pounds and her frame score to equal that of our sire restriction of 4 -1/2 to 5. Of course this condition will be based on honesty of the rancher, but the size of his carcass will determine if he has been truthful or not. 1350 will also be suggested carcass maximum, while over size carcasses will have to stay home for our domestic market. Too many oversize carcasses and the member will be warned to shape up or ship out.

Thanks again everyone
Randy