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Just saying. My mother sells a mexican sauce she makes at farmers market and there are a few ranchers there selling beef and pork and some chicken. They seem happy with the market so it can be done. Using a usda processer one of these families has gotten into several stores and restaurants has a...

I think the manure runoff is aimed more towards the industrial farms, feed lots, pig and chicken houses. Where its concentrated and collected in run off ponds. I'll be first to admit i always wanted a small scale feeding operation. Then watched "frankensteer" on netflix and started looking into...

wife has been on board, kids miss that farmhouse. It pays me a flat rate per week to my account and he takes care of the taxes. $1800/mo to me. Its half what i make now but i lose about 1600/mo in bills. It evens out.

Im pretty sure i will do it. Brute, that pretty much sums it up. Will maintain CDL, just dont want to use it ;) Guy I used to Coonhunt with is the foreman. He live on a farm couple miles down roadd from the house i get. Just 2 of us.

Im going 30 minutes back to where we were. Not a huge move. And ive never been burned out farming. Will i miss driving all over the country, fighting traffic, meeting appointment times, greasyy truck stop food, DOT looking for a reason to ticket me, being away from home and family for weeks on...

Well its on a registered ranch that a Doctor owns. Its his write off, because hiis job pays so well. Comes with house, pickup, a heifer a year, and they are willling to build a room onto the house, because i have a big famiily(4kids). The pay is $150 more a week then i was receiving before. Wife...

Would you quit your current job to do what ou love, even for less money? Some think im crazy but was offered a farm hand job today and thinking pretty hard about it. Money is better then when i was there before, come w house. Was just curious. To be successful you need to be willing, at any...

Buy it. Equipment cost Man hours cost Repairs cost Tylenol costs

Just have the cows wormed. And stockers you should look for a "pre vac" sale. Already been vaccinated. Worm them and turn them out. Check daily for any sign of sickness. That would be best bet.

My way may be out dated... been a couple years, just how Ive had good luck. Good luck to you, seems its working.

Preventative. Stressed cattle get sick easier so I want to help combat sickness before it starts. Excede is best I've used for BRD Here is a good post from here on Excede.

On your stockers buy steers if your not comfortable castrating yourself. Some people overlook that. Id give them Nuflor, and Excede. Maybe a flytag. And worm them good.

Great posts people.

Ive been told I have a good work ethic and if I ever get a place bought, that i will find a way to make it work.

I think everyone gets burned out, doing what they dont want to be doing. Could be part of my problem. I see people farming every day while running the back roads pulling loads of steel, and im envious, maybe slightly jealous. Cattle and coonhunting are to things i havent been burned out on yet.

Thank you so far. Man told me sleep is for people who dont want to be successful. Later I heard it put sleep is for broke people. I have a dream, and i have been sleeping to much.

How did you get to where you are now? Beg, steal, borrow, Or my favorite, hard work? Ive been trying to save for a down payment on a farm, so far life is winning. Just cant seem to keep it in the bank. I dont know how to get a place bought with less then 20%a down. Thats for land and home, no...

Not trying to be negative. Not the purpose of this thread. Keep the input coming.

Well thats were im at, been playing safe and just not happy. Everything cost so much, hard to squeeze a dollar out of a dime.

Keep them coming folks.. Denver Im with ya there. Time working on a farm was never really "work". If that makes sense. Now driving this rig all over the nation may be easier work that pays better sure isnt where Id rather be. Hard to start from nothing, and to be successful.