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Where do you ranch out of?

I've done that, it worked well. Or you could throw a steer in there with him. I just wouldn't leave him alone. He'll get lonely, and I don't like lonely cows, I'm afraid they'll wander.

Here in Idaho it goes like this (from what I've seen) Black BWF/RWF Red Hereford Solid Whites Big Drop: Everything else Dairy Rodeo/Longhorn

I'd separate. Are you trying to wean that one that is suckling the other one? If so, you need to find a better pen mate, like a steer.

When we moved to Idaho in 2009, you could have bought something there for about 1/4 of what it's worth now. It's disgusting what this area has become. Too much money, too many people, and too quickly. There was an interesting piece on Jackson Hole yesterday on CBS Sunday Morning. I think...

I haven't been to McCall in years. The last time we went it was a playground for Ada County. It was awful. Worst was the folks zipping around town in their UTV/side-by-sides. I don't think I'll go back, and I hate that b/c it's beautiful, just not worth the drive.

I'd argue the only folks who could figure out whether a steak is from a hereford, angus or charlois are the folks that brought the cow in, or those in meat science program at TX A&M. The general consumer knows squat, but boy don't they looooove to squawk about how they had this and that steak...

All the old money here wants to only play in their own sandbox. They'll be ok for this generation, but their kids or grandkids will pay.

Exactly, if I want to downsize ever, I have to move away. It's too bad, but that's what this area has become-California North.

According to Zillow, our place has gone up 4X from what we paid. Who really knows how accurate that is, but it's insane around here.

I'm not sure you've heard the name Thomas Tull, but you might have heard of Teton Ridge Ranch. He's a literal billionaire that, thanks to Yellowstone, has decided to get in to performance horse stuff. He's causing eastern Idaho to explode in the same way that it is here near Boise b/c he just...

It's funny, no one mentioned land cost. Here in Idaho it's doubled and tripled. 30 acres behind me is listed at $650K. I have no idea on how you'd make that work. You have to be rich and looking to have fun with about 12 cows on that, or rich and buy that as your hay ground.

I get there's folks that love the registries, and they do fit in with the industry. But for the little guy, unless you're selling in a well promoted sale, there's not a real good reason to register your cattle. I just don't think it's beneficial if your end game is sell at the barn, or even...

The registries are there to line the pockets of the big boys. It doesn't really do anything for you if you're not running a production sale, or have the ability to be in a production sale (ie bull test, state association sale). Even selling private party, I don't think that it adds enough $...

I'd ship him faster than I can type that out. And cut his nuts off so you get more.