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I sure have been blessed this winter. I put out some rye grass for the first time and I actually have more grass this winter than I had back in the summer. I pulled the cows off the rye just last week and the rain and the warm days are bringing it back fast.... I don't think I would have made it...

I kept reading the topic and thought someone made a typo error. Gives a new meaning to global warming enthusiasts....

Hero, I don't want to be totally negative, but I think you brought up an interesting point in your thread. You said that you knew a lady that had a vet bill of $2000. I bet you many of seasoned cattle ranchers would never spend that on their herd if it was not a really important animal. Some...

One way you might be able to play with some cattle is just buy a few calves and a way to house bulk feed. Buy you a few steers and feed them out. Kill a couple for you and your family and try and sale the rest. You will make decent money on not having to buy beef from the store and it tastes...

Well look at it this way.... You say you want 20 cows plus a bull..... Many people will get an 80% conception rate. So you will have about 16 calves a year. You may do better some years, but just keeping you on the conservative side. Now from what I can tell your average sale will be about 700...

Well I sure was proud of my angus cattle last summer. The heat here in the south was as brutal as I have ever seen it and they made it through somehow. I saw an article somewhere where they did a study that showed cattle from southern states hold up better because they have a heat tolerance...

I really hate to discourage you from following your passion in life. However, you need to understand the obstacles you will face when tryng to pay key bills to make it through life. The cow Calf business is a very difficult business to make it in financially. Cross 7 did an execellant job...

Yea I have to agree. I would not buy a tractor just yet. I would find a hay producer that was close to you where he could load into your pickup truck and roll it off the back when you needed it. Or even better buy a hay trailer so you could pull it to his place to load it up then put it out for...

I bought ther 24 foot version. It also has drain holes and the spindles are not welded to the floor so it flexes and drains fairly well. I also try not to put much over two to three days worth of feed because I like to check on them every so often, I am sure I could load it up with 5 large bales...

I personally struggled with wasting a lot of hay every year. It was so obvious at the end of the year of what I wasted because I feed in the same place all year long. I was determined to try and be proactive in solving this issue. In previous years I used hay rings. They really did not help that...

Cross, the only way I could figure out how to pierce this rule is to just not sale stock for a couple of years and then unload in the third year for an overstated income in that third year. You make a profit in that third year and it satisfies the IRS limitations as a genuine business. However...

Isomade, Your business plan is not the typical cattle farmer. If you are buying and selling property and grazing cattle on it for a couple of months in the interim, it would be just like someone buying and selling stocks and catching a dividend on it while they traded the peaks. However the...

I am on an I pad and I can not quote properly now..... But what CB said in his post was true wisdom.... I mean he hit a home run with that post.

I agree but land is dropping in price because people are broke everywhere. I mean it is the saddest thing I have seen in my life. I think we are really close to a full blown depression like we saw in the 30's. Our banking industry can not take another hit to their capital accounts, and the tax...

I just disagree isomade. I am certain you are a great trader of property, probably the very best. However, businesses do experience capital gains on the property locations too. It happens every day. Every business has a capital cost in property, and they pay for it and account for it. I have...

I also want to make the point that the world population is going the reach 7 billion people sometime this month, and beef is still a great way to enjoy diner. People in the far east are getting a taste of high quality of beef so I am hoping that in the next 15 years, our business may just...

CB, You did great in setting up your farm and need to be commended. I have heard of people doing just as you did to basically get their land for timber income. However, the market as a whole has to include land costs because not everyone has the same situation as you. I also think it is one...

Yea brute, you have some really good points as do so many people in this thread. One thought I want to see addressed is the idea that land cost have to be segmented out as a separate investment. I just disagree with this approach. You could buy all the tractors and hay barns you want for what...

It goes with the territory. It is hard to afford decent equipment on such a shoe string budget. On cold days I have to change out my battery to fire up my old tractor to feed out in the winter. I am sure there are ways to make money in the cattle business. Perhaps the stocker operation has...

Yep, i have been loosing large oak trees. It has been unbelievable. I never thought I would see strong oaks just fall over on a calm day, but I have seen it in my lifetime. This has been happening over the past three years because of drought conditions. I live in Alabama, and this past summer I...