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DiamondSCattleCo

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Dang. Thats nice country. I had no idea that the land was that fertile 8 hours north of Edmonton. You get more than a 1/2 hour north of me, and you're into muskegs and heavy forest. Another 3 hours and you get lakes and shield country.

But I'm a little partial to where I hang my hat :) 4 and 5 ton/acre alfalfa is easy to get used to on land that sells for 30-40K/quarter. Not 10 years ago, you could get your choice of land for $15k - $18K/quarter. Wish I'd been around then :)

Rod
 
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You have a beautiful country silver, and it hasn't looked that good around here for years. But I do have to disagree with you. The best place for running cattle must be somewhere where it rains, and the feed no hay.

I can dream can't I? :wink:

Oh yeah, and where it doesn't get to be 60 below. You guys are tough!
 

Silver

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DiamondSCattleCo said:
Dang. Thats nice country. I had no idea that the land was that fertile 8 hours north of Edmonton. You get more than a 1/2 hour north of me, and you're into muskegs and heavy forest. Another 3 hours and you get lakes and shield country.

But I'm a little partial to where I hang my hat :) 4 and 5 ton/acre alfalfa is easy to get used to on land that sells for 30-40K/quarter. Not 10 years ago, you could get your choice of land for $15k - $18K/quarter. Wish I'd been around then :)

Rod

I hear you about the land prices, sounds about the same here, although the last year or two I think they have gone up some more. Too much oil money around here. Sounds like your hay crops are similar to ours, but we are lucky to get a second cut. If we fertilize and the moisture is right we get second cut, but we have enough land we allways (touch wood) get enough feed with leftovers.
 

Silver

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the real jake said:
You have a beautiful country silver, and it hasn't looked that good around here for years. But I do have to disagree with you. The best place for running cattle must be somewhere where it rains, and the feed no hay.

I can dream can't I? :wink:

Oh yeah, and where it doesn't get to be 60 below. You guys are tough!

lol, you might be right. But I would way sooner deal with cold than heat. I figger folks gotta be way tougher than me to live in country where it regularly gets 100 degrees F or more. Like Grandpa allways said... "you can allways put more clothes on, but there's only so much to take off."
Now, to get away without putting up hay.... that would be a treat.
 

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