Advice please.

[lazy farmer]

Now we have had a clear test we may be able to buy on and sell through an orange market.
we had a disaster with our bulling heifers this season and have 20 empty
I need to sell these one way or another so I can replace them with 20 that are in calf! So how should I proceed? Try to sell them now as bullers ? Serve them and sell after our next test as clean stock( touch wood) ? Sell them for finishing?(crossbreds mainly.)
Any ideas welcome

 

[sidjon]

Depending on what your can source and the price difference, but if you have forage stocks and feel you would get clear at next test put the to bull and wait, or if very little in price diffrents shift asap.
How many did you lose as the last test? And did you have to gamma test again?

 

[it's not over]

It all depends on the quality of the stock,9 months soon will slip in. Are you block calving.
Have you the space to keep 20 more.
You probably know the answer yourself.

 

[Jdunn55]

The cynic in me says sell them.
Being over stocked is horrible.
It only takes 1 animal to test positive and you'll be stuck with them.

Remember the test does throw up false positives (not very often but it does) one of these could cause the issue.
Alternatively it also misses positive cases (more often than most realise!) Meaning you could be thinking you're coming out the worst of it and the next test it picks up on it missed last time and by that point the cow in question has given it to half a dozen others which are too early to tell and wont be picked up for another 60 days etc etc

Sorry for being so negative about it as I'm guessing its probably not the response you wanted!

 

[farmer JD]

Hi I would get them incalf put a bull with them , then you have a option when they are pregnant sell them incalf ? As they will be worth just as much as they are now culling , so I would gamble get them pregnant hopefully your Tb test will be a pass!

 

[Beef farmer]

Il swap 20 mt heifers for 10 xbred heifers due 18th Feb.

 

[vantage]

Il swap 20 mt heifers for 10 xbred heifers due 18th Feb.

The horse trading has started!

 

[More to life]

The horse trading has started!

From @Beef farmer they could indeed be part horse.

 

[pappuller]

From @Beef farmer they could indeed be part horse.

but which part ?

 

[pappuller]

Il swap 20 mt heifers for 10 xbred heifers due 18th Feb.

only 10 ?

 

[Beef farmer]

only 10 ?

Mine are fertile, lazys didn't hold.... its a gamble papps.

 

[lazy farmer]

Mine are fertile, lazys didn't hold.... its a gamble papps.

Would you want them served ? As I can’t do business with you until my second test.( your clear aren’t you ?)

 

[puppet]

Buy some and will you bring in more TB?

 

[lazy farmer]

Buy some and will you bring in more TB?

Never had it in or seen it in Incalf heifers.

 

[Ducati899]

In calf heifers was where my tb hell started originally

 

[Jdunn55]

Never had it in or seen it in Incalf heifers.

Had a 3 month old calf go last year. 3 in-claf heifers, 3 billing heifers, and 3 steers plus all the various ages of cows

 

[puppet]

Never had it in or seen it in Incalf heifers.

Why would it not be there? Like Covid, any livestock movement raises your risk

 

[Jdunn55]

Why would it not be there? Like Covid, any livestock movement raises your risk

Christ dont tell boris that, he'll make us self isolate all our cows in individual pens

 

[Werzle]

Now we have had a clear test we may be able to buy on and sell through an orange market.
we had a disaster with our bulling heifers this season and have 20 empty
I need to sell these one way or another so I can replace them with 20 that are in calf! So how should I proceed? Try to sell them now as bullers ? Serve them and sell after our next test as clean stock( touch wood) ? Sell them for finishing?(crossbreds mainly.)
Any ideas welcome

Fatten them

 

[Beef farmer]

Would you want them served ? As I can’t do business with you until my second test.( your clear aren’t you ?)

Stick the bull in tomorrow morning.