Posted by john in la on November 19, 2008 at 18:20:05 from (66.157.57.13):
In Reply to: dairy heifers posted by Calf_Feeder on November 19, 2008 at 12:38:54:
Being a contract grower can be a hard bussiness to get into because the dairy farmer is trusting his livelyhood in your hands. (all his replacments)
With that said I think you know the answers you just want someone other than family to give it to you. You did say both your dad and BIL own dairies; RIGHT.
If I were to give you advise the first thing I got to say is ask for and trust your dads point of view. I know that is hard at 20 but you will come to find out it is most likely dead on.
The trouble with buying calves is they are high priced. You can buy a lot of 6 or 12 yearlings for much less than you can buy calves one by one and raise them to yearlings.
Contracts are better if you have the training and a farmer can trust you to do a good job. The problem with contracts is most farmers do not want their calves housed are even yarded with calves from another farm. This limits you to one farm so it must be a large one.
If you do make a go of it you might even get your kids to help you one day.
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