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How much land does a person need for each head of beef? We had a dairy farm and know how to feed dairy but really quite clueless as to beef. I am wondering how many head we could run on our land. It is good- average crop/grazing land. This year we have around 140 acres rented out into corn...

Great advice! keep it coming Yes, the all Holsteins here are going to go down the road for sure as springers. Just have to decide about the Brown Swiss. Maybe will just keep my 3/4 Swiss and sell the rest. Its just so tempting to keep the 1/2 Swiss as we know they are healthy and all. But...

This is a very interesting topic to myself. I am pondering basically the same question. We sold our dairy cows but kept all the youngstock to sell in future. I am very partial to Brown Swiss dairy and had a Brown Swiss Bull we used to crossbreed some Holsteins. I have a few 3/4 Swiss and many...

We have just gone through all the planning for something like this so have lots of estimates! We were planning on a freestall barn with side feeding for around 60 dairy cows.(our old dairy barn was falling down) Including a milking parlor and no pit or scrapers. The estimates were around...