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Understand that My aunt is not the type of person that would help anyone..lol. Yes I am emotionaly attached to the place but it is also a good purchase I believe as it borders and is adjacent to the 120 acres that my wife will more than likely inherit one day. I know there are other options as...

I appreciate the insight. Our local USDA agent pretty much told us the same thing as far as they only finance fulltime operations, and not playing with dimes and nickels. Was also informed that to qualify, the total off farm income can only equal 30 percent of our total income which pretty...

Don't get discouraged by others comment. I agree that their are challenges and hurdles raising bottle calves. The market for dairy calves is almost non existent unless you plan on operating a dairy or direct marketing into a niche market of some kind.. As a commercial beef animal the cost to...

How can a young man purchase a ranch buy cattle to stock it, pay the bare minimum operating expenses and afford to feed himself for the year in SW Missouri? Is it even possible? I don't believe so. I've done the math several times.. It doesn't work even with a pretty decent off farm income. The...