tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419744765122775541.post2325694886836968738..comments2024-02-12T07:17:29.808-05:00Comments on <center><big>Agrarian Nation</big></center>: —1868—Hints On Fattening StockHerrick Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419744765122775541.post-76044982338828220232012-04-26T16:01:33.874-04:002012-04-26T16:01:33.874-04:00Greatly simplified (and using the terms I'm so...Greatly simplified (and using the terms I'm sorta familiar with), a cow-calf producer will sell a weaned calf (approx. 400-600 lb.). The weaned calf will be put on pasture as a "stocker" to put on weight until he is sold as a "feeder". The time spent in the stocker phase varies, it can be as short as gaining 100 lbs. to waiting until he hits 900-1000 lb.<br /><br />As a feeder, he usually goes to the feedlot where he is fed until he is slaughtered. <br /><br />"Store cattle" would be the same as a "stocker".Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419744765122775541.post-21948141821534674492012-04-23T18:35:49.627-04:002012-04-23T18:35:49.627-04:00We've had some strange weather, haven't we...We've had some strange weather, haven't we? I thought you were just busy this morning, but I didn't think of a power outage. Here in the Niagara region, they were forecasting 2-4 inches, but we only had rain and some wet snow that melted upon contact with the ground. <br /><br />I found this definition for "store cattle": <b>Store Cattle</b> - animals for beef which have been reared on one or more farms, and then are sold, either to dealers or other farmers. They are brought for finishing, normally well-grown animals of up to two years of age.<br /><br />And this: "Store cattle: a lean animal sold to be fattened by a specialised producer <br /><br />Whereas the other categories mentioned above concerned animals which are sold for slaughter, store cattle are a distinctive product of the suckler herd, sold after weaning and then fattened by a different producer (a fattener), in order to produce young bulls (the males) and beef heifers (the females).<br /><br />Store cattle are thus calves from a suckler breed aged 6 to 8 months. These calves are reared at foot of dam until they attain a weight of about 300 kg at weaning, when they are then sorted into different categories:<br />> the best females, which are purebred and of good breeding value, are kept for breeding, similarly, a few males may be kept for breeding,<br />> the remaining store cattle (males and females) are sent for fattening (on the same farm, or more usually to a feed lot). These are the cow-calf producer’s basic products, which are then sold to fatteners".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-419744765122775541.post-35029898996820053082012-04-23T16:28:39.236-04:002012-04-23T16:28:39.236-04:00I typically post Agrarian Nation on Monday morning...I typically post Agrarian Nation on Monday mornings but was unable to do so today because we lost our power last night—as a result of a spring snow storm. I've just posted it at around 4:15 pm.<br /><br />Being without electricity was a little taste of what mornings were like in the Agrarian Nation. The power outage was no real problem (we're pretty much prepared to deal with life without electricity if need be) but I sure did miss getting on the internet first thing in the morning!Herrick Kimballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.com