Dave
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HDRider said:Dave said:Define a "family farm". I am surrounded by family farms who seem to be doing just fine. Before I retired I worked with a number of family farms. Can you make it milking 35 cows or running 50 beef cows? The answer is no. But there are a lot of families running 200 to 300 cows and doing just fine. I know people milking 200 with one employee. The majority of farms in this country are family operations. If they are incorporated it is for tax purposes.
Are they running on government land too?
Get over the government land thing. There are actual cost studies that show the real cost to run cows on government land is more expensive than on private pastures. Does it take you a good half a day to put out salt? The water troughs we just installed a couple weeks ago it takes 3 hours round trip to get there and back. So 3 hours to check if the water it running. People started gathering cows 2 months ago and there are still cows in the hills. If you think the government land is such a cheap easy deal come on up and try it out.