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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1755488" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Welcome to the boards. I'm on the opposite side of the US, Upstate NY.</p><p>I have been breeding Simmentals for over 50 years. </p><p>When you decide to raise cattle, any cattle, you first have to be a grass farmer. I strongly advise you to put in cross fences and do ROTATIONAL grazing. It is not a new concept. It will vary region to region. I generally rotate every 2 to 5 days. NY grows grass/clover like weeds.</p><p>Your area may be totally different. I expect it will be.</p><p>If you don't plan to advertise your Purebred cattle by showing them, or putting bulls in bull tests ----it is difficult to sell your breeding stock. </p><p>I would recommend buying commercial bred 4+ year old cows all due to calve in a time period best for your location.</p><p>It's much easier to manage a specific calving "season". For me, I calve 60 days, Jan and Feb and another 60 days fall calving, Sept and Oct.</p><p>Splits my resources/facilities, gives me more age options to sell.</p><p>Buy the BEST registered bull you can afford for the number of cows. A yearling bull can cover maybe 15-20 cows in a 60 day season. Find out what breeds sell well in your area as feeders. But also keep in mind you will want to keep heifers for replacements. Some breeds work best as terminal.</p><p>I will throw in a pitch for my breed. They work well as growth bulls and for replacements.</p><p>I just weighed a steer that we just sold as a show steer- to be picked up after we get him weaned. He was born 1.3.22 and smashed the scales at 642# this morning.</p><p>Don't let anyone bully you away. This is a GREAT forum with lots of great mentors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1755488, member: 968"] Welcome to the boards. I'm on the opposite side of the US, Upstate NY. I have been breeding Simmentals for over 50 years. When you decide to raise cattle, any cattle, you first have to be a grass farmer. I strongly advise you to put in cross fences and do ROTATIONAL grazing. It is not a new concept. It will vary region to region. I generally rotate every 2 to 5 days. NY grows grass/clover like weeds. Your area may be totally different. I expect it will be. If you don't plan to advertise your Purebred cattle by showing them, or putting bulls in bull tests ----it is difficult to sell your breeding stock. I would recommend buying commercial bred 4+ year old cows all due to calve in a time period best for your location. It's much easier to manage a specific calving "season". For me, I calve 60 days, Jan and Feb and another 60 days fall calving, Sept and Oct. Splits my resources/facilities, gives me more age options to sell. Buy the BEST registered bull you can afford for the number of cows. A yearling bull can cover maybe 15-20 cows in a 60 day season. Find out what breeds sell well in your area as feeders. But also keep in mind you will want to keep heifers for replacements. Some breeds work best as terminal. I will throw in a pitch for my breed. They work well as growth bulls and for replacements. I just weighed a steer that we just sold as a show steer- to be picked up after we get him weaned. He was born 1.3.22 and smashed the scales at 642# this morning. Don't let anyone bully you away. This is a GREAT forum with lots of great mentors. [/QUOTE]
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