diesel power
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I thought a thread on what we all think of the various breeds versus profit might be useful. I've been keeping detailed records of what breed does what in money terms and I've arrived at one or 2 conclusions.
1, the continental breeds can't be bet for profit
2, this was a shocker to me. Hex or whitehead cattle are loss makers. Couldn't believe that one myself but the figures don't lie.
There's always been whiteheads here but after my discovery tonight this year will be a whitehead free one for us. I only had a handful of them to begin with and everyone of them has cost us.
3, I did a bit of experimenting last year with buying in 600-650 kilo cattle and ad-lib feeding them meal for 6 weeks and then killing them and the figures don't lie, smaller profit but a quick turnaround. I won't post them here but if ye want to know Pm me and I'll be glad to answer if I can.
I'm gonna try it again in a bit bigger way and see how it goes. You need to know though what it is your doing or it will cost you a small fortune.
These are just some of my observations so feel free to contribute or question.
Maybe this is a crap thread but it's something I'm very interested in as it keeps the roof over my head and with the sfp getting a good shave I'd like to get the old place into a position where it can well an truly stand on it's own.
1, the continental breeds can't be bet for profit
2, this was a shocker to me. Hex or whitehead cattle are loss makers. Couldn't believe that one myself but the figures don't lie.
There's always been whiteheads here but after my discovery tonight this year will be a whitehead free one for us. I only had a handful of them to begin with and everyone of them has cost us.
3, I did a bit of experimenting last year with buying in 600-650 kilo cattle and ad-lib feeding them meal for 6 weeks and then killing them and the figures don't lie, smaller profit but a quick turnaround. I won't post them here but if ye want to know Pm me and I'll be glad to answer if I can.
I'm gonna try it again in a bit bigger way and see how it goes. You need to know though what it is your doing or it will cost you a small fortune.
These are just some of my observations so feel free to contribute or question.
Maybe this is a crap thread but it's something I'm very interested in as it keeps the roof over my head and with the sfp getting a good shave I'd like to get the old place into a position where it can well an truly stand on it's own.
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