What do you wish you were told?

[Caustic Burno]

I wish someone would have warned me that raising cattle is addictive and once you have the addiction you're pretty much lost!

This addiction also lowers your IQ some people can't afford to go any lower.
Aint that right Isom.

It depends on the number of years you've been raising them. Independent studies show that anything over 30 years and you're pretty much a vegetable. Since I started with a very high IQ I still have some Brain cells left. How long have you been raising cattle CB?

When I started I was almost on Einstien's level, now I am down to about Forrest Gump your starting point.

[GMN]

That there are many ways to run a farm, and everything costs way more than you think

[angus9259]

I wish I had been told to not waste so much money on horny women.

At least horny women probably don't need to get cut out of the calf creep feeder with a sawzall.

[angus9259]

"The reason that cow's at the sale is probably because she didn't breed well for her previous owner either".

[cross_7]

To get my soil and grass up to snuff before buying a herd. I'm doing OK, but I can sure see where it would have been a lot easier if I had planned a couple years in advance for the forage quality and conditions.

Yep, and sometimes the more expensive land is worth the money if it has good fences and established grass. It ain't hard to spend the equivalent of an extra 500 per acre on a cheap place.

yep last place i bought didn't have a fence and cost over 20k for 2-1/2 miles of perimeter fence and still didn't have cross fences or a set of pens.
some places seem high until you figure what it cost to put a place together

[GMN]

this is exactly true