RCF Farms
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Have a herd bull a local farmer wants to use for 30 days. just curious what to charge for leasing him for 30 days?
RCF Farms said:Have a herd bull a local farmer wants to use for 30 days. just curious what to charge for leasing him for 30 days?
chambero said:Folks - I know its common, but leasing out bulls is pretty risky from a herd health standpoint. There is an extreme problem with Trich in the southwestern U.S. that has led to new regulations concerning testing and sale of non-virgin bulls.
My answer on this particular situation is if you know the guy well and he's in a tight spot, I'd be willing to do it to help him out. But if that were the case I wouldn't even charge for it. If you have any questions on where his cows come from (has he had them a while or just bought them from the sale barn?), then you couldn't pay me enough to take a chance with infecting my bull. If you are in the cow business, you should have the resources to have your own bull.
Personally, I have zero interest in leasing bulls or loaning them out for that reason. You think it's someone else's problem somewhere else, but a two or three ranches in my immediate area have lost whole calf crops because an infected bull was brought in and it got passed around into other herds just by bulls jumping fences.