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Hey I have a question for all you cattlemen and women. I own a farm that is set up for horses and cattle. I have been renting it out for about a year now with several people bringing animals in from time to time. My question is I had a lady bring some bottle calves out the other day (that she...

Is that a really good bull? You think people would buy the semen for $200 more? What is the most people spend on semen?

Thanks for your advice Bandit80. The pasture has really good fence on most of it and the guy that rented it wanted me to replace part of it. I spent $25,000 on a new 5-wire fence this spring for two and a half sides of the pasture. That’s one of the reasons why I thought about running my own...

I’m west of the flint hills, about an hour from Salina. Does it matter what breed the steers are? Yeah, I think I could make more money in other investments, but cattle must be in my blood. My Grandpa used to run a 1,000 Hereford steers on 1000's of acres a long, long time ago. He sold all of...

Where could I buy the steers, at a sale barn or from a cattleman? Would I sell them at a sale barn or to a feedlot? I like that idea of buying them in the spring and selling them in the fall because I don’t really want to feed them in the winter.

I will do a lot of research in the next year or so before I jump right in. I know it depends on your location on how much you get out of your pasture land when you rent it, but is it better to charge so much per cow or so much an acre? Also, let’s say in a year or so I buy 45 head of cows, what...

Should I buy pairs, bred cows, bred heifers or steers? The guy that rented my pasture put 50 cows with calves in it. So I could put more if they were heifers I would think.

Most of it is native and warm season grass (I think).

I grew up working on a farm and around hay when I was young. I never did the hay myself, but I was around it. How much do you think it would cost to buy the hay machinery I would need? Also, is there a big market for selling hay?

Sorry, I’m in Kansas.

Would I have to buy the stuff to cut the hay myself or could I hire it done and still make money?

I have some questions about getting into the cattle business. I bought 300 acres of grass last spring and have been renting it out, but now I’m trying to find a way to make more money with it. Would I be ahead to just keep renting it or buy some cows of my own to put in it? I will have about...