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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1557923" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>Up until about 15 months ago I lived in Western Washington. We can compare notes on lush green grass and mud. It was a 80 inch annual rainfall area. I had 140 acres of rented pasture there which had 7 duck blinds on it. I never turned out until mid May and even then I thought I should have water buffalo instead of cows. I have literally had cows grazing in a 60 acre pasture with 6 to 12 inches of standing water on 55 acres of it The man I mentioned in an earlier post who I bought my bulls from lives right on the coast. At high tide you can stand in his pasture and throw a rock into salt water. The North Pacific, any further west and you are swimming. He probably gets 100 inches + of rainfall. He is the one who has 400 cows and only keeps 24 bulls a year. The rest go to the feedlot where I retains ownership. They have been retaining ownership for decades. His pastures are flat, he has water every where, and grows grass in the summer that you can only dream about. He shoots for a 1,250 pound cow. Of course some are over that and some under. His steers average over 700 pounds coming off the cows. The only thing that gets grain is the sale bulls and replacement heifers. They get 4 pounds a day while in dry lot (mud lot) during the winter.</p><p>These 1,150 pound cows here in the mountain dessert would probably weigh more if they lived in that environment. But they bring in lots of 550-650 calves every fall. If one were to bring in a 400 pounder a couple years in a row she would get a free trip one way to town. Cows certainly can't get grain in the summer because they often go a month or two without seeing a person.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1557923, member: 498"] Up until about 15 months ago I lived in Western Washington. We can compare notes on lush green grass and mud. It was a 80 inch annual rainfall area. I had 140 acres of rented pasture there which had 7 duck blinds on it. I never turned out until mid May and even then I thought I should have water buffalo instead of cows. I have literally had cows grazing in a 60 acre pasture with 6 to 12 inches of standing water on 55 acres of it The man I mentioned in an earlier post who I bought my bulls from lives right on the coast. At high tide you can stand in his pasture and throw a rock into salt water. The North Pacific, any further west and you are swimming. He probably gets 100 inches + of rainfall. He is the one who has 400 cows and only keeps 24 bulls a year. The rest go to the feedlot where I retains ownership. They have been retaining ownership for decades. His pastures are flat, he has water every where, and grows grass in the summer that you can only dream about. He shoots for a 1,250 pound cow. Of course some are over that and some under. His steers average over 700 pounds coming off the cows. The only thing that gets grain is the sale bulls and replacement heifers. They get 4 pounds a day while in dry lot (mud lot) during the winter. These 1,150 pound cows here in the mountain dessert would probably weigh more if they lived in that environment. But they bring in lots of 550-650 calves every fall. If one were to bring in a 400 pounder a couple years in a row she would get a free trip one way to town. Cows certainly can't get grain in the summer because they often go a month or two without seeing a person. [/QUOTE]
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