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<blockquote data-quote="Kell-inKY" data-source="post: 1253418" data-attributes="member: 23511"><p>If you were a row crop farmer would you expect the land you purchase to pay for itself in 1 year?</p><p></p><p>If you were a landlord, would you expect the house you bought to pay for itself in 1 year?</p><p></p><p>If you are a small businessman, do you expect that expensive piece of equipment to pay for itself in 1 year?</p><p></p><p>How is a cattle operation any different? It's not like you are flushing your money down the toilet by making land improvements or fencing. Buying a brand new SUV, or living in a subdivision and putting in a new coy pond is flushing money down the toilet.....</p><p></p><p>You need very little equipment, fencing is cheap in the grand scheme of things, and you have a market for beef, it's very doable. You can't expect a couple of cows to pay for a farm. But the land should go up in value with inflation, there is value to the land itself, YOU HAVE TO LIVE SOMEWHERE, you aren't throwing it away. The cattle should be able to make a profit though, you don't want to be pushing feed to them and sell at a loss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kell-inKY, post: 1253418, member: 23511"] If you were a row crop farmer would you expect the land you purchase to pay for itself in 1 year? If you were a landlord, would you expect the house you bought to pay for itself in 1 year? If you are a small businessman, do you expect that expensive piece of equipment to pay for itself in 1 year? How is a cattle operation any different? It's not like you are flushing your money down the toilet by making land improvements or fencing. Buying a brand new SUV, or living in a subdivision and putting in a new coy pond is flushing money down the toilet..... You need very little equipment, fencing is cheap in the grand scheme of things, and you have a market for beef, it's very doable. You can't expect a couple of cows to pay for a farm. But the land should go up in value with inflation, there is value to the land itself, YOU HAVE TO LIVE SOMEWHERE, you aren't throwing it away. The cattle should be able to make a profit though, you don't want to be pushing feed to them and sell at a loss. [/QUOTE]
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