We still have some of Dad's farm. Needed to use it some way. Have a small herd of Beefalo and Aubrac cattle started, up to about 35 animals.
Meet Bandit, last calf of the year, 4 days old, Beefalo bull.
I'm sure many of us have "Other Things" going on beyond surveying.
I'm partial to black whitefaces. About this time next year bring him down here (intact, of course) and I'll put him to work. Might even offer to buy him. He looks like a winner.
As for other enterprises, one of mine is being a licensed real estate salesman.
Holy Cow, post: 456663, member: 50 wrote: As for other enterprises, one of mine is being a licensed real estate salesman.
Did the operation hurt much?
Skeeter1996, post: 456666, member: 9224 wrote: Did the operation hurt much?
The one to take out half of your brain to become a Realtor.
I have half a mind to......to.....to.....to..... Never mind.
To paraphrase Chico Escuela, "Ree la state... been berra berra good... to me."
Note: For those who discovered Saturday Night Live after 1980, Google Garrett Morris.
Land is one of the best ways to store your earnings. Buildings, not so much.
Holy Cow, post: 456670, member: 50 wrote: To paraphrase Chico Escuela, "Ree la state... been berra berra good... to me."
Note: For those who discovered Saturday Night Live after 1980, Google Garrett Morris.
Land is one of the best ways to store your earnings. Buildings, not so much.
Most of my meager net worth is in the farm (real estate). I do have some plant equipment, real iron. The dollar value of the land varies a lot over time, but has sort of a constant "value" to me. Stocks, bonds and US cash could vaporize. My land will still be where it has been for billions of years and owned by me as long as I can pay the taxes.
Leon, I know a fellow about 20 miles north of here with a herd of bison. Somewhere in the 50 to 100 range. So, if you want a full-blood and don't mind a 2000 mile round trip.......................
Holy Cow, post: 456679, member: 50 wrote: Leon, I know a fellow about 20 miles north of here with a herd of bison. Somewhere in the 50 to 100 range. So, if you want a full-blood and don't mind a 2000 mile round trip.......................
I have a couple of "hybrids" one a 9/16 bison and another a 5/8 bison. Bison handling is something I'm not prepared for. When you try to confine the bison, they go nuts. The Beefalo at 3/8 bison or below act more like cattle and are culled for bison attitudes. My 9/16 is not to bad to work. I penned up the 5/8 one day and she went nuts. OK, out in the pasture, they let we walk up pretty close to them and don't seem alarmed. Start herding them or they get convinced they are getting corralled, whole different story. One guy with a lifetime of experience says "they only go where they want to go."
Here is Goody 9/16 and Mama 5/8 with their calves.
Attitude is a huge factor. They KNOW they are the most powerful thing around. They go only where they want to go. The fellow with the full bloods has an active market for bison meat. The animal is shot in the pasture, chained/cabled to a tractor with front-end loader and driven the one mile to the slaughterhouse for processing.
The vet I use worked with bison his early career. Said they would run at full speed into the dead end of a chute. I've seen a bit of this with my bison attitude beefalo. If you tried to load them up and take them for processing they would be so beat up and bruised a lot of the meat would be damaged. The thing about beefalo is you get the characteristics of bison meat while working animals more like cattle than bison. I'm only a year and a half into this deal, Been all cash outflow so far. I'll have a couple steers to sell next spring, but really at least two more years before any real income to be realized. Haven't even started our marketing process but it will be a custom product like your bison rancher. I hope to sell breeding stock as much as possible.
Something I learned the other day on the interwebs:
