I remember when I was about 12,Dad told me that the best way to sell crops is though livestock. He was talking cattle in our case of course. He never was much of a hog guy. I had two uncles who were though. One of the most successful small to mid sized farmers around here gave me some good advice one time too. Everything he raised left the farm through hogs. He told me to get in to something and stay with it through the bad price years and the good,it'll all average out in the end and you'll do well.
I managed to transition from dairy to beef with the same barns except for one. I tried changing the free stall barn over to loose housing,but the barn was already too far gone. We tore that one down and replaced it with a slant roof open sided building. Having my facilities and all of my haying equipment is what keeps me from selling the cattle and going to a corn/bean/wheat/alfalfa rotation. I pick ear corn,chop half and put it in the bunker silo and don't have any grain bins at all. My combine cuts my oats alright,but if I switch to crops,I'd need bins,a truck and a newer combine at bare minimum. I'm not going to make the capital investment to make the switch.
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