Cows!

[cowman]

One of my neighbors sold two old dairy cows. How it worked was XL buys them ships them to Moosejaw and you get a set rail type price on the slaughter weight.
One cow brought $75! The other cow got condemned so my neighbor had to pay the freight to Moosejaw plus a "disposal" fee...cost $120! He got a bill for $45!
He told his boys, no more cows are shipped, just shoot them and let the coyotes eat them!
I suspect this is what will generally happen this fall with a lot of cows? We'll have our cull and it won't cost our useless government a dime?

[frustrated1]

Our coyotes have been eating well already. Had a few arthritic old cows that disappeared. We knew this would happen. Neighbour shipped two reasonable old cows to market and when it was all said and done he owed the market 80cents. Not sure if he'd figured in the fuel to market even.

Wanna buy a cow?

[kato]

Do you live in Manitoba? If you do, you can get compensated for wildlife kills. It's run through crop insurance.

[blackjack]

cowman...glad to see that someone is making a some dough off an Ag product... looks like us young farmers will have to figure out something other than cattle or grain to make a living off the land...keep us up to date on your ventures I find it interesting...

[cropduster]

Hair on you Cowman!!!Now if this continues you must realize that you will have to form a co-op and include the rest of us ! ! Errr,isn`t that the `Canadian` way???????

[cakadu]

Glad to hear you've had an "aha" moment cowman and can see that the value isn't in the chokecherries themselves...but rather the value is in what you do with them ie the further processing. Growing what you can sell is much easier than selling what you grow.

[boone]

Cowman: Have you heard of anyone selling Wolfe or Coyote pups, looks like we may need a pack!

[cakadu]

Glad to hear you've had an "aha" moment cowman and can see that the value isn't in the chokecherries themselves...but rather the value is in what you do with them ie the further processing. Growing what you can sell is much easier than selling what you grow.

[cowman]

Well she cleared $875 yesterday! Which was pretty good considering the generator went down and I had to rush in another one.
I was frankly pretty sceptical when she ran the idea of a food concession by me...little did I realize the money in food. The hoops you have to jump through to get a health permit are truly amazing. A seperate building from your house with washroom, three sinks, freezer, countertops and sterilizing materials up to snuff as well as water tests etc.etc.
I had a detached two car garage that had water and heat so it worked out with some modifications(the plan is to eventually get it licensed as a commercial kitchen). She also has managed to move a fair bit of vegetables around to her friends and family. Has about an acre in a garden and occasionally I'll help her do a little weeding!
Now here is a girl who worked for me quite a few years ago when she was still in school. Life caught her up and she ended up with a bum who gave her a baby and a lot of grief. She struggled along on welfare and crappy jobs.
So today she is a single mom with a 5 year old, but wants to get ahead and is willing to work to do it! She has a ton of gumption she just needed someone to give her a chance!

[cowman]

The trouble with coyotes is they are kind of finicky eaters in the summer and not to keen on tackling an old bloated up cow! Oh well I guess the flies and maggots got to eat too! Just don't shoot her to near the yard!
Now in the winter coyotes can do a very effective job of cleaning up the carcass...although they have this bad habit of carting off the bones and leaving them in the most inconvenient places! Nothing like putting a pelvis through the haybine or combine?