Mark HE did know that he needed to watch but not the order of importance. To me it is like this:
1)Water 2) feed 3) shelter
He had them in good bedding and had fed them but was not in a big hurry on the water. HE had actually seen that the electric was down at 6 AM. He did not go to turn the generator on until 9 ish. HE did not call me until 10:30-11. This time delay was the issue with me. I did not get them water until after 12. That was too long for me. There was a lot of shoving at the tanks. We where lucky that none of them got hurt fighting for water. That worries me as much as them getting knocked of feed.
With the feed cost what they are right now , you may only make $100-150 clear profit per head. Each one will sell for $1500-1600. So lose one and it takes ten or more to get back to even.
They need to think real hard on how tight the margins are in farming most of the time. There are usually no home runs, just little singles. It is a dollar here and there saved/spent that add up to a profit or loss.
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