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With such little information to go on this is a tough question. Do you have any livestock expenence at all? Got any money in savings? Do you have a wife? what does she think about this? With all that said if you go ahead with this project I would buy the land, though I would want more like a min. of 40 acres myself. Buy about 2-4 bred cows. Better yet, 2-4 3in1 with heifer calves at side and bred back, more bang for your money. Think about how you are going to breed them back next year, AI? You are going to need somethings in place to start. A small shelter, small corell, steel head gate , no tractor. The first year you can build what you need to work 10 cows the next year. Also work on the pastures if necessary. By purchaing all your feed including hay it has been my expenience that you are going to have to get to about 25 calves a year before you will start turning a profit in a cow/calf operation. I think it would take less numbers with a feeder operation. Everytime a peice of equipment breaks down, I wish I had bought new. Then I think of all the money that I would have spent and that brings me back to reality. I see many good old 30 year old tractors out there working alongside those brand new ones. And last, ALL OF THE ABOVE ADVICE IS GOOD. Be ready for a lot of hard work and don't rush into a financial desaster that will take a lifetime to recover from. :2cents: