Re: Different livestock on the farm??

Posted by donjr on February 19, 2012 at 10:59:45 from (72.85.32.94):

In Reply to: Different livestock on the farm?? posted by JDseller on February 19, 2012 at 08:35:24:

I'm stickin with beef and my cow calf for right now. The prices for 600 weights has gone bananas in the last two years.

I've got one neighbor who has been raising a few sheep on about 7 acres, and makes a few bucks on market lamb, but the wool is a give away. Back in WWII it was used for flyers coats, but now they just break a few extra bucks on it. Most of their money comes from market lambs of about 100 pounds.

Big thing around some places here now is goats. Since the etnic crowd has moved into the cities north of here, there is a huge meat market for them and their milk and cheese. Couple of buyers came into the auction last spring, and were buying goats around Easter time. The cattle auction was supposed to start at 6:30, but they sold goats until almost 10:30. Cows didn't finish out until after 2 am.

And a lot of small places are doing horses. Biggest problem is getting paid for the room and board, though. Most horse people are tighter than ticks on a hound dog and are of the opinion someone else really wants to feed their horse for free.

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