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1 hour ago, Spaulding Smails said:

Cows are like boats.  The only thing better than owning one is having a friend that owns one.

Go make friends with families who have kids who raise animals for show

I think a better plan is to let all the shitheads in the Dakotas and Nebraska and Iowa lose their farms - and then after we drive all those people down into Kansas to whatever fate befalls them.  We put up big game fences around those states, import buffalo from Yellowstone, and see how long it takes for the Buffalo to come back in sufficient numbers. 

I understand that how to keep the buffalo from interacting with abandoned meth labs could be a problem…

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Posted
2 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

We put up big game fences around those states, import buffalo from Yellowstone, and see how long it takes for the Buffalo to come back in sufficient numbers.  go through the fences like a hot knife through butter

FIFY

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Posted
10 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

You know, the one basis that I can get on board with the whole "hating immigrants" thing is what it did to the price of goat meat.  It was one of the good options at Coopers BBQ, then several years ago, they pulled it from the menu.  And I noticed in the markets that carried it, the price had gone way up.  I inquired as to why, and the answer was plain: massively increased demand, from mexicans and muslim recent arrivals/transplants.  I mean, I love and respect all their foodways, and think they enrich us by their presence.  But goddammit, they ate up all the goat and made it 'spensive.

Goat is too much.

Beef is too much.

Fellas, we're runnin' outta meats.

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Posted
22 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

I understand that how to keep the buffalo from interacting with abandoned meth labs could be a problem…

Have you ever seen a buffalo on meth?  It ain’t pretty. 

Posted
4 hours ago, Royalfan5 said:

I'd also like to note that boxed beef was sharply lower again this morning with packers puking cuts, with live cattle futures 350 to 400 lower and feeder off 700 to 800 

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Posted (edited)
37 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

I think a better plan is to let all the shitheads in the Dakotas and Nebraska and Iowa lose their farms - and then after we drive all those people down into Kansas to whatever fate befalls them.  We put up big game fences around those states, import buffalo from Yellowstone, and see how long it takes for the Buffalo to come back in sufficient numbers. 

I understand that how to keep the buffalo from interacting with abandoned meth labs could be a problem…

 

34 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

FIFY

 

13 minutes ago, Kennythetiger said:

Have you ever seen a buffalo on meth?  It ain’t pretty. 

*bison

and I suppose I’ll be needing a larger caliber rifle and some additional freezer space if I’ll be hunting them 

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Posted
8 hours ago, GTX Horn said:

Hard to incentivize ranchers to hold back heifers that may not produce for you for at least a year after weaning. Especially when you can get good money selling them right now. Not to mention there’s always an inherent risk of calving issues when keeping heifers.

The market is just absolutely insane right now. A month or so ago, there were some bred heifers at the Giddings Livestock Auction that sold for around $5,000/head, I believe. There’s a lot of folks who’ve had to sell down a lot after the last few summers, and it’s not a good market to buy back in. There’s a lot of demand here with the rain we’ve had this spring and summer. Way more grass than we can feed right now with the smaller herds.

Heifers are a hard deal. You have one born into your herd this year, it’s two and a half years at the earliest until you receive a return back from her calf. That’s a lot of feed. 

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2 hours ago, Spaulding Smails said:

Cows are like boats.  The only thing better than owning one is having a friend that owns one.

Go make friends with families who have kids who raise animals for show.  Preferably the mediocre ones.  For the last decade, we've bought a side of beef every March from our friends' kids.  I spent $1,800 this year for 250 lb of beef, all vacuum sealed in individual packets.  I'm guessing half of that was ground, the rest steaks, roasts and misc cuts.  It's good but not great.  I'll still treat myself to a prime cut a few times a year, but the rest is just fine for a random meal.  I have three more years before their youngest is out of HS.  Need to start recruiting for the next round!

 

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6 hours ago, BabaYaga said:

If you can, hunt.  Even a mid-sized doe can provide enough meat for months.  Lot's of landowners I know would welcome help on their place in exchange for a doe.  Mesquite work.  Road work.  Fences.  Feeder management and relocation.  Dead hooker burial is optional.  Just don't ask too many questions.  

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Look at this guy, discussing burying dead hookers with the person whose land would be used to bury them on.  You never bury them on land tied to you, ever.

6 hours ago, Foosters said:

Why not skip the middleman and advise all Americans to start raising their own cows? 

And burying their own dead hookers.

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On the buffalo note, a guy back home raised them for awhile. He tried to doctor a sick one once and it chased Doyle around while he was on his three wheeler until the buffalo keeled over from exhaustion. 

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When people ask me how I have kept a marriage going for over 30 years, I tell them, "easy, never work cattle with your wife."

 

One thing I would do, if I was a farmer. I would offer any rancher I knew to put as many cattle on my crop land as they want. Dual strand electric fences are cheap as shit, add a water trough and a water hauling trailer. Work out a deal on the percentage of weight gain. Farmer provides all of the feed, Rancher, all of the cows. Divvy up the cash after the calves cross the scales at the sale barn. With cattle over $3/lb., the weight gain will easily exceed whatever the crop is worth. 

When we ranched, my Dad would always plant a lot of oats in whatever farmland we leased. He would throw feeder calves on it in the late fall, and let them overwinter until early summer. We would cross fence it (electric fence) to be able to rotate pastures, and never cared if we cut any crop off of it. It was profitable at $.75/lb. cattle prices. Our calves usually gained about 2.0-2.5 pounds per day. 600 head X 2.5/lbs./day= 1500/lbs./day or $1125 a day for approximately 120-150 days. Now do todays prices, and plug those numbers in.

With cattle prices at where they are, Farmers need to turn that crop into meat.

CHIEF

 

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On the buffalo note, a guy back home raised them for awhile. He tried to doctor a sick one once and it chased Doyle around while he was on his three wheeler until the buffalo keeled over from exhaustion. 

Had an old man (not old man Barlow, Gus) get hooked by one a few years ago. Hooked him and then shook him violently whilst still hooked. His innards were outards by the time the ambulance got there. 0/10, do not recommend.
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9 minutes ago, CHIEF said:

When people ask me how I have kept a marriage going for over 30 years, I tell them, "easy, never work cattle with your wife."

 

One thing I would do, if I was a farmer. I would offer any rancher I knew to put as many cattle on my crop land as they want. Dual strand electric fences are cheap as shit, add a water trough and a water hauling trailer. Work out a deal on the percentage of weight gain. Farmer provides all of the feed, Rancher, all of the cows. Divvy up the cash after the calves cross the scales at the sale barn. With cattle over $3/lb., the weight gain will easily exceed whatever the crop is worth. 

When we ranched, my Dad would always plant a lot of oats in whatever farmland we leased. He would throw feeder calves on it in the late fall, and let them overwinter until early summer. We would cross fence it (electric fence) to be able to rotate pastures, and never cared if we cut any crop off of it. It was profitable at $.75/lb. cattle prices. Our calves usually gained about 2.0-2.5 pounds per day. 600 head X 2.5/lbs./day= 1500/lbs./day or $1125 a day for approximately 120-150 days. Now do todays prices, and plug those numbers in.

With cattle prices at where they are, Farmers need to turn that crop into meat.

CHIEF

 

until they all get killed by screwworms or some disease our government mismanages. then you got a bunch of unpayable vet bills and carcass disposal expenses

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14 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

until they all get killed by screwworms or some disease our government mismanages. then you got a bunch of unpayable vet bills and carcass disposal expenses

How man cattle have you raised? Are you a rancher, or own cows?

CHIEF

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