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How much land to I need for about 25-30 head of cows? How often will I need to rotate pastures, reseed and fertilize? What kind of fencing is suitable for cattle? Barbed? Electric? Board? I would like to get a feel for what I should be looking for in land and set-up. Also what kind of fencing...

I would like to train my pony to ride. However I think she is too unsafe for a child to train. I was wondering if I'm too big to train her? She is 10+hh and almost 500lbs. I am 5.5" and under 110lb. She pulls a cart no problem and seems very athletic. She is coming 3 this summer and has good...

What is a good beginners breed of beef cattle? If I wanted to start working with cattle what breed would be a good one to start with? I would want a type of cow/steer/bull that was easy to handle and calves easily. One that wasn't to expensive, so I could just get used to the cattle business...

I was wondering how expensive it is to buy semen and have A.I. done to a cow? Assuming the bull is fullblood highlander as well as the cow. Also does anyone know about how much highland cattle are running in price right now?

I don't understand how people can bring themselves to slaughter an animal that they have raised! I want to get into the cattle business, but I can't even imagine raising an animal and willfully sending in to slaughter. I plan to run a very small business of mainly speciality cattle like...

Here we go again with my endless questions. By the way you all have been so helpful! I want to know if showing you cow/bull/steer raises the value of either that particular animal or the herd perhaps that it came from. Say if I had a farm where I was raising cattle to get the best beef animal...

How much of an issue is inbreeding in the cattle world? I've read through many of the topics in the forum and it seems like it isn't a big deal. Is this true?? What's up with that?

My husband and I would like to start breeding cattle. However I would like to know more about cattle genetics. How can I learn this information? Are there some good books out there or do I need to take a class at a college or something? I know quite a bit about horse genetics, but not much about...