Recent content by Brandi2005

what is your opinion? better prices?

Just curious...why did you have to shoot a calf?

Sounds like a plan to me. Where in Texas are you? Lubbock here

This is a question of the people who got into Ranching on their own. (Not the people who got into from family inheritence) I am just curious as to how you decided you wanted to start ranching how long it took you to find a ranch and buy it how long it took you to make a profit if you would...

Hey everyone. I was just wondering-How did you get into the cattle/ranching business? (passed down ect.)

T-Bone, Dave and LazyM- thank you for all your help!

no rain here in west texas. lots of wind though!!

can you report him for animal cruelty? i feel sorry for the bull-- i just don't see why or how he gets away with this!

Land for lease here is very hard to come across. I think I'm gonna check at the stock yards and feed stores. thank you for your help! --brandi

one more question..... This place is growing so fast! Alot of the farms/ranches are being sold for 1 acre tracts for houses. I cannot find any grazing land for leasing around Lubbock, Texas. Does anyone know where you can find land for leasing on the web? thanks!

Dave and csutton-- thank you both very much. i have been reading up on leasing land and have learned alot just in these few days from reading this forum. again--thank you to all who replied!

Brock-- Thank you for the advice. I will definitely read that book! Brandi

norriscathy-thanks for that advice! I did not even think about that!

thank you beef and la4angus and burno. we are trying to save money for the cattle so we don't have to take out another loan for the cattle. I thought you could take out one big loan for it all(cattle, equiptment, land ect.) but I was wrong! Well anyway, thanks for the help! It really does help...

Hi All. I just had a quick question about leasing land. My fiancee and I live in Lubbock Texas and have been seriosuly thinking about getting into the ranching buisness. We went to different ag loan places including FSA and it almost seemed impossible! They said things like well you have to have...