j3cattleco
Well-known member
First and foremost as some point everyone raising, milking, selling, or butchering cattle must realize we are on the same team. Now I realize this feud has been going on since way before our time with ranchers arguing over territories and as recently as R-calf followers fighting the check off, but at some point we must stop the infighting. We have enough enemies as it is, whether we are talking about HSUS, PETA, the EPA or any other group that is trying to erode our abilities to maintain the lifestyle and heritage we have grown to love. Now this doesn’t mean we always have to agree, but at some point we have to understand that we need to be spending every bit of energy we can either producing a better product for our consumers or telling our story not bickering over who’s cattle are better.
Secondly no one type of cattle is better than any other type, they are just different, period. I have the unique vantage point as living in the desert southwest, where pairs are ran to the section rather than acre. Our farm is in the middle of wheat country in Northern Oklahoma, where running stockers is a part of life. My in-laws’ live in the middle of prime corn country in South Eastern South Dakota, where cattle are bigger and ran on much smaller tracts of land. Now to be profitable this takes three very different types of cattle on these three very different terrains. How can anyone at anytime say which is better, they can’t, they are just different. Every person needs to run whichever type of cow makes him the MOST MONEY PERIOD! This only strengthens the entire industry. Instead of complaing let's applaud those successful enough to be cosnidered leaders. Even we don't choose to breed our cattle that way. We can’t worry about which type our neighbor is running when we need to be focusing on preserving our heritage for future generations. If we sit all day if the coffee shop and continue to complain about the type of cattle winning in the showring instead of tending to our business then at some point it won’t be our business to worry about. So can we please continue the discussion about which cattle we prefer, but leave out the discussion about which cattle are better. That answer doesn’t exist!
Joshua Ramsey
Secondly no one type of cattle is better than any other type, they are just different, period. I have the unique vantage point as living in the desert southwest, where pairs are ran to the section rather than acre. Our farm is in the middle of wheat country in Northern Oklahoma, where running stockers is a part of life. My in-laws’ live in the middle of prime corn country in South Eastern South Dakota, where cattle are bigger and ran on much smaller tracts of land. Now to be profitable this takes three very different types of cattle on these three very different terrains. How can anyone at anytime say which is better, they can’t, they are just different. Every person needs to run whichever type of cow makes him the MOST MONEY PERIOD! This only strengthens the entire industry. Instead of complaing let's applaud those successful enough to be cosnidered leaders. Even we don't choose to breed our cattle that way. We can’t worry about which type our neighbor is running when we need to be focusing on preserving our heritage for future generations. If we sit all day if the coffee shop and continue to complain about the type of cattle winning in the showring instead of tending to our business then at some point it won’t be our business to worry about. So can we please continue the discussion about which cattle we prefer, but leave out the discussion about which cattle are better. That answer doesn’t exist!
Joshua Ramsey
