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Its pretty easy to put fences up yourself, you will save a lot of money. =
We
use 4 wire fences on our tracks and 2 wire fences between paddocks.
Michelle.
On 6/8/06, racine <plum@pshift.com> wrote:
>
> In northern New England fencing contractors who build good five =
strand
> high-tensile fence are few and far-between. The bottom line is it is =
almost
> impossible to find a good fencing contractor who will come to your =
farm with
> a crew and build fence quicly. There are several USDA cost-sharing =
programs
> (GRP, CREP etc.) requiring fence building but we can not find a =
contractor
> to do the work. Does anyone have a list of names for fencing =
contractors
> anywhere in the NE who can travel here (Vt mainly) to build fence. I =
can
> line up a month or more of work. Thank you. Chuck Racine Barnet Vt.
> 802-584-3772
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Melody & Brad Cowan <cowandairy@charter.net>
> *To:* graze-l@witt.ac.nz
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 07, 2006 2:04 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Graze-l] Subsidies and USA tariffs
>
> Bernie
> I was taking Dave's advice and thinking outside my box, although not =
the
> direction he would like.
> No I have not been there but have read about huge amounts of warm =
season
> grasses they grow. In order to keep any kind quality in warm season =
grasses
> they need to be kept shorter than cool season grasses. From what I =
read in
> NZ nobody really likes Bermuda grass but when it takes over the farm =
you
> either adapt or find another farm. Production per cow is lower in =
Northland
> than elsewhere in NZ because of this. What I am discovering here where =
I am
> is that We need a higher stalking rate in order to properly develop =
our
> pastures.
>
> Brad Cowan
> Astoria, Oregon
> On Jun 7, 2006, at 7:59 AM, Bernie VanDalfsen wrote:
>
> There is one universal fact that Vaughan told me the fist time we =
met
> over 15 years ago, is that no matter where you go in the world or what =
the
> production model is, the price received for the product is always =
within 10
> percent of the cost of production.
> The only thing that matters is how much better than the average you =
are.
> Dave, if you were to get double the milk price you get now, you would
> still be complaining.
> Yup,with Dick by his side. Stop all imports and US dairyman will =
increase
> production and drive the price back down to cost of production and the
> whining starts all over again.
>
> We probably have the natural resources in this country to produce milk =
for
> far less than the kiwis. What we do not have in the dairy industry in =
this
> country are entrepreneurs. Maybe the new production model for dairy in =
this
> country is 2000 acre dairies in Mississippi or Arkansas with =
production per
> cow lower than the kiwi system with cows lasting to 10+ years.
> Interesting Brad. Have you been there or how do you come to this? I =
was
> in Louisiana in January and i see lots of potential. Close to a milk =
deficit
> region. Cheap irrigation. Supplement feeds right there. Some large =
tracts of
> land. Just lack of infrastructure. But you get a few operators that =
put in
> several 5-1000 cow set-ups as the kiwis will have done here before =
long and
> infrastructure will follow. Just need about 10,000 cows among say 5
> owners. Once they prove the model the rest will follow. Just as has =
happened
> in west Texas/ east New Mexico.
> Bernie
> Reeds, Mo.
>
>
>
>
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