[AT] Mad as H***: Cattle ID cont. (long)

[charlie hill]

Last time I went to a livestock sale the price was set by the buyers not by 
the sellers.

Charlie
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> Greg, I know $20,000 sounds like a lot of money  but add $3.00 to sale of
> each cow and you will have a $10,000 profit. Now that  would more than 
> offset any
> cost wouldn't it.  We get all wrapped up in big  numbers when we should 
> break
> it down to the smallest to see how best to take  care of the problem.
> A car company can add a $1.00 to your car and you won't  even know it. but
> they will get over $1,000,000 in profit now that sounds like  big money.
>
> You might just as well enjoy this because its going to be with  us for 
> quite
> sometime. I sell 3 to 4 calves a year on my small farm that's only  $6 to 
> $8
> dollars Big deal. But then I don't sell my herd for $8,000,000 dollars 
> either.
> Your brother is big time compared to the rest of us little guys he  should
> not worry about a $20 tag tool.
> I bet the higher cost of hay this  year will be a lot more than these tags
> are. With the cost of fuel going up we  who sell hay will no doubt raise 
> our
> prices to compensate for it.
>
> Walt  Davies
> Cooper Hollow Farm
> Monmouth, OR 97361
> 503 623-0460
>
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