Job Titles

[FutureBreeder2013]

What would you conciderthe job title to be of someone who produces showcalves/breeding stock for a living?

 

[knabe]

livestock producer

 

[farmboy]

Showstock Producer

 

[FutureBreeder2013]

alright thats what i was thinking but was just checkin for college selection reasons

 

[knabe]

seedstock producer

 

[FutureBreeder2013]

Would it be smart to start a show stock herd from a herd of good quality commercial cows?

 

[AAOK]

Entreprenuer of Custom Hair Pieces

 

[AAOK]

Would it be smart to start a show stock herd from a herd of good quality commercial cows?

It all depends on your definition of a good quality cow.

 

[Cowboy]

Very possibly soon to be called an "Endangered Species" -- meybe we all should apply for that, we could then be protected legally from extinction !!! hehehe

Terry

 

[aj]

Genetic accumulator of waste genetics and genetic defects. A maintainer of 6 way cross geneticsin a phenotypical pleasant package. A producer of ridiculously impractical bos taurus traits. Just kidding....I love club calf people, I love club calf people, I love calf people. ;D

 

[knabe]

Would it be smart to start a show stock herd from a herd of good quality commercial cows?

as opposed to?

is a profit required?

i haven't seen a good analysis of what ratio of quality or numbers is required to generate sales to cover costs.  probably more central to covering costs is marketing and the ability to purchase calves not produced in one's herd, which, it seems some successful people do.  they don't have the overhead of numbers and can pick and choose from those that do.

 

[FutureBreeder2013]

Would it be smart to start a show stock herd from a herd of good quality commercial cows?

as opposed to?

is a profit required?

i haven't seen a good analysis of what ratio of quality or numbers is required to generate sales to cover costs.  probably more central to covering costs is marketing and the ability to purchase calves not produced in one's herd, which, it seems some successful people do.  they don't have the overhead of numbers and can pick and choose from those that do.

as opposed to jumping in head first by purchasing a couple donors

 

[SSIMMENTALS]

You also could purchase embryos from those donors and put them into your commercial cows. Keep some of the heifer calves to build your program, sell steers/bulls and some of the heifers to pay your feed bills, and work your way up. Just another idea.

 

[FutureBreeder2013]

thank you

 

[aj]

I had a ffa advisor tell me this one. "A good steer jock can talk santa claus into buying meth, and putting it in all the stockings of children all over the world....and making everybody feel good about the transaction". (dog)