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Farmers do not take in to account Natives live cheaper than Continentals.
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<blockquote data-quote="milkloss" data-source="post: 8062542" data-attributes="member: 56"><p>Have a few Sussex crosses in our predominately continental herd and at selling the 10-11month old red calves are consistently 100-150 pounds below the the contis, maybe more.</p><p></p><p>depends on the system, if you want to run cheap and feed them on old hay and not much else then natives are the one to aim for. Having said that I've seen some pretty shocking looking natives that have been treated way too hard lately. Our system treats cattle better with goodish silage and fresh leys so it's obvious to go for the continental type. Turn a Sussex out into a fresh grass field will usually see them wander over to the hedge and chew on some bind weed or some such.</p><p></p><p>Outwintering cattle of any sort here is a pipe dream but well done if you can get away with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkloss, post: 8062542, member: 56"] Have a few Sussex crosses in our predominately continental herd and at selling the 10-11month old red calves are consistently 100-150 pounds below the the contis, maybe more. depends on the system, if you want to run cheap and feed them on old hay and not much else then natives are the one to aim for. Having said that I've seen some pretty shocking looking natives that have been treated way too hard lately. Our system treats cattle better with goodish silage and fresh leys so it's obvious to go for the continental type. Turn a Sussex out into a fresh grass field will usually see them wander over to the hedge and chew on some bind weed or some such. Outwintering cattle of any sort here is a pipe dream but well done if you can get away with it. [/QUOTE]
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