Recent content by JWheeler331

I see. Thanks for the info.

I am in the Picayune, Ms. area. I am searching now for a contact for some type of extension agent. Thanks.

Thank you. I knew it would be a challenge to give info by what little info you have. I will try to find and make contact with a county agent. I didnt know there was such a person. What exactly is a stocking rate? Obviously I am not running out to buy 10 cows or anything. I have much to learn...

Hello, name is Joe. I have been interested in getting a few cattle for a while so I found the board in my research. Not coming from a family in the livestock business I have to pretty much learn everything on my own and usually by trial and error. That can get expensive in some cases which I...

just sat here and read all of this thread.....im curious how it all turned out?

Maybe at a later time I will be able to say that I wish someone would have told me this or that but right now im still doing my own research for a while before I buy. I have always been interested in having a far with cows and horses....maybe more but everything I do is me doing it on my own...

I wasnt lead to believe that....was just wondering. Simply didnt know. For our horses we have water troughs but when we get cattle we will need more than that so this thread caught my interest.

I am curious about something. Right now we only have a few horses but have been thinking about buying some cattle. We have two ponds on our property. One is a good ways from where the cattle would be and one is near. The one that is near is basically a dirt pit but does hold water year around...