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10 cow/calf What it would take ?
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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 883970" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>There is no real way to quantify an answer to such a question. I have no idea what kind of condition your pasture is in or if you have a need to warrant buying a tractor. </p><p></p><p>The best advice I can think of is to not buy anything on credit. </p><p></p><p>You can buy or build a hay buggy to put out round bales. You can have someone bale your hay for you either on the halves or else pay them. You can also hire out brush hogging for your pasture. </p><p></p><p>What you do need is a facility to work a cow if she is in trouble. You will need to innoculate and worm the cows a couple of times a year. We got by with a medina gate to work cows most of my childhood and it worked fine. If you are only going to run 10 cows, a medina gate would be the route I would take. </p><p></p><p>Way too many folks jump in on credit and take on more than they can pencil out in profit. 10 cows will not provide enough income to make it worth your time so I assume you are doing this out of love for the life style or else you intend to get your feet wet. Either way it is none of my business in the first place. - we all started somewhere. </p><p></p><p>If you can find a good local mentor to show you the ropes, you will be way ahead of the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 883970, member: 3162"] There is no real way to quantify an answer to such a question. I have no idea what kind of condition your pasture is in or if you have a need to warrant buying a tractor. The best advice I can think of is to not buy anything on credit. You can buy or build a hay buggy to put out round bales. You can have someone bale your hay for you either on the halves or else pay them. You can also hire out brush hogging for your pasture. What you do need is a facility to work a cow if she is in trouble. You will need to innoculate and worm the cows a couple of times a year. We got by with a medina gate to work cows most of my childhood and it worked fine. If you are only going to run 10 cows, a medina gate would be the route I would take. Way too many folks jump in on credit and take on more than they can pencil out in profit. 10 cows will not provide enough income to make it worth your time so I assume you are doing this out of love for the life style or else you intend to get your feet wet. Either way it is none of my business in the first place. - we all started somewhere. If you can find a good local mentor to show you the ropes, you will be way ahead of the game. [/QUOTE]
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