Are Hereford x Cattle unpopular
- Thread starter RDuffy
- Start date
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
Herefords are probably one of the most popular breeds here, along with Angus, either grass fed or in feed lots
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
I was talking to the soil test expert from farming connect, and said that there were always very good cattle sold in Brecon market, but he said the farmers making the most money were from the Swansea Valley selling plainer cattle (but they had spent no money on them) and a lot in Brecon had great pride in selling the best cattle in the market, at the expense of loss of profit!
Really? Has he seen their accounts?
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
I have no idea, but he would be visiting lots of farms doing soil test, running grazing training etc
Aspiring Peasants
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- Location
- North Pennines
It seems to be fashionable these days to say if you are getting good prices then it can't be profitable whereas if you are in the bottom third you are very savvy. I can appreciate the need to run a tight ship but I don't believe everybody getting good prices is a bad business person
M-J-G
Member
I see a lot of them on FB, but they don't have a massive population globally compared to some others
- Location
- West Somerset
South America love them along with Angus.
Over in Asia they cross them with the native Nelore cattle for the ultimate low input cattle that grow well off bugger all
Basically anywhere were beef isn't subsidised.
serf
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- Location
- warwickshire
Don't you fancy a few lims running about the place ...
No No! My crap fences just about keep the sheep in Lims would be off into the local housing estates.Don't you fancy a few lims running about the place ...
Had two lim heifers a few years ago, one was a nightmare; sold her after she got halfway over a gate and had to hack the gate apart to get her free....she then put her head down and tried smearing me into the mud. The other had those evil eyes that follow you around. No never again.
serf
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- Location
- warwickshire
No sense of adventure some folk .....
It's surprising what you can keep in with one strand of top whack electric though!
Even the lims respect that , but if you have got housing around its just a bit risky incase the scroats cut it !
Yes electric perimeter is one of my next tasks.... hopefully be able to keep some things out too.No sense of adventure some folk .....
It's surprising what you can keep in with one strand of top whack electric though!
Even the lims respect that , but if you have got housing around its just a bit risky incase the scroats cut it !
serf
Member
- Location
- warwickshire
You can't go wrong with an hot wire around the perimeter, certainly puts them in their place .
MJT
Member
I’d say the biggest problem with the Hereford is their schemes aren’t even close to those of the Angus, for a few years we sold stores by a Hereford bull out of an Angus cow, and stores by an Angus bull out of Hereford type cows, the cattle looked identical but the ones with angus on the passport were a good £100 more . Hereford bulls gone and won’t be getting another because of that .
serf
Member
- Location
- warwickshire
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
I said that once , some of them haven’t got over it yet
serf
Member
- Location
- warwickshire
Even more so now with cake at telephone number prices .......I said that once , some of them haven’t got over it yet
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
They are in countries that don’t have subsidy.