Posted by LAA on July 17, 2012 at 20:30:09 from (86.51.147.113):
In Reply to: Raising bison posted by Yooper12 on July 17, 2012 at 19:48:46:
It depends on the long term demand for bison meat, the meat is marketed as naturally leaner and heart healthier than beef, the consumer pays for that at a substantial price premium to beef, depends on how many people will pay the price. Breeding stock is a different matter but is usually the most cyclical, the seedstock man is still dependant on the commodity meat price. I would have to question how a bison could eat 1/3 less than a same weight beef cow, everything I have ever read about bison reccomend the same or more acreage of grass per cow/calf pair as beef cattle, I don't see how a 1,000 pound bison cow could eat less than a 1,000 pound Angus cow, maybe get by on lower quality forage, a good example is sheep, on average, you can run 6 ewes to one beef cow, its all about body weight and maintenance.
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