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The synthetic saddles I have seen all seem like cheap pieces of junk. I bought a saddle by riders choice for $410 and that included shipping. Great saddle. For that price the leather is great and it's comfortable too. I've also heard of people that have taken them to local saddle makers and said...

Ok well I'm gonna put my 2 cents worth in now. I can't say a completely agree with the subsidies, but I can't say I don't agree either. But I do know that if the gov. says here it is if you want it, I would take it. That's not having morals and being a freeloader. That is using the system that...

It takes a lot of money. I was going to get into it, but just don't have the money it takes. You can buy some pretty descent cows for $1500 to $4000 and then just keep your heifers every year to build your herd. I didn't watch the sale on the rfd channel but have done a lot of research and...

130,000 is way too much for 30 acres of land. If you have tons of money and buy real estate to resale in the future I would say go ahead, but in your situation I think I would find something out of town or somewhere else for a cheaper price. The best cotton ground here goes for $2000/acre...

I personally like dennis reis the best.

I would go with atleast a 20'. I don't know what you are hauling with, but a 20' gooseneck will probably do most of what you need. Yeah a 16' or 14' may do the job now, but what if you want to get bigger in 3 years. Its always better to have extra than not enough. I have hauled a 35' with my...

I think the duramax and the new fords are great trucks. I have alot of friends with both and none have had problems. The cummins is a different story. The transmissions are still a piece of junk. I have a friend that has an 04 3500 dually and the thing is already in the shop with the...

Glad everything worked out for you. This year there have been alot of farm dispersal sales b/c of the grass situation. I personally sold 15 of my cows and some of the people got great deals on. I had to sell b/c I have 1/3 of the hay I normally produce and almost dirt pastures. I don't really...

If he bought them on Saturday and considering he is from Trumann, I assume he bought them at the salebarn in Paragould. You should be warned about buying cows at a sale. Especially that one. Since you say it was a herd sellout you may have been ok, but very rarely would you want to buy cows...

Just saying that irrigation isn't usually an option for cows. You could come out cheaper feeding hay during the summer than irrigating. What is on your pasture right now? Row crops? If so when are you planning on putting your first cows on it? If you have to seed bermuda, I don't know how long...

When I read your post the first question that comes to mind is are you wanting to make ANY money? Or do you not care about making money and have plenty of money to blow? I'm from Northeast Arkansas and there (in most years) isn't a need to irrigate pasture land. Besides irrigation costs a...

I would rather have the dark nose char b/c they are dark around the eyes and have less of a problem with pink eye. The dark nose char's go for a premium. Usually they are a char/angus mix. I had some 500lb calves that were a char/angus w/ darks noses go for $1.44 and $1.46lb. Josh

Ahh 13 isn't that much. We put 11 on our trailer without stacking or tying the bales down, behind a 4x4 expedition. I know it isn't a 40ft trailer. I'm guessing its somewhere near 30. If we had a front end loader on our tractor we could easily get another 6 stacked down the middle. I guess if we...

no envy and jealousy..... I just don't like hearing people complain about being broke when they live like that. When you live where I do and everyone is a farmer (row crop) and that's all you hear except for the few exceptions, but you see what they spend. It gets old.

Farmhand.... They have all that on paper, but at the end of the harvest they pay for it all. If they make the payment, they are still making the money just like anyone else. Its that they get to make one BIG payment each year, instead of one every month. How is that any different than anyone...

Dun I didn't say "big bucks" in the cattle business. I'm just saying you can make a pretty descent living with cattle. When I say farmers making a lot of money I am talking about row crops. You can tell when you are in row crop country or cattle country b/c in row crop country all the farmers...

Only one of the farmers I am talking about farms 8,000 acres. The rest farm from about 1200 to 3500 acres. They don't own their land either, the lease it. You say if your are gonna be poor atleast don't look like it? Well then to me, if you are able to buy those things and spend that money you...

wow msscamp... All those things you said don't have to be taken care of everyday all day. If you take care of your fences your shouldn't require much fencing everyday. Most days you could probably get away without doing any. Also feeding? How long can that possibly take? 6 hours? Yes haying...

oh yeh... I'm not saying you can make a really good living just on solely selling commercial cattle. But I'm also not saying you can't. But it doesn't take up all your time so you can do other things to make money. Such as: be a buyer for someone, haul cattle, or anything else that can make money.

ok I stopped really reading post a few pages back so I don't really know what all was said. But I do know ya'll are saying he couldn't get anyone to loan him the money for the cows and land. You also said no bank would put cows, land, and whatever else into one loan. You're wrong. The FSA will...