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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 1830"><p>First, check with some of the small dairymen in your area. Have you milked cows? Are there any small dairys in your area for sale? Finding reliable help is hard. Will you buy all your feed? You could maybe talk with your local milk buying co-op, your local NRCS farm advisor. Spend a week with a dairyman that is succesfull, see if you can live with the no vacation, little sleep, little money, excessive work and hours. You might try joining the yahoo group grazers edge "http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grazersedge/" and ask your question there. Most of those folks are dairyman (sorry, and dairywomen).</p><p></p><p>dunmovin farms</p><p></p><p>> I've been doing some serious</p><p>> thinking in the last few months.</p><p>> I'm considering starting a small</p><p>> dairy operation. Does anyone on</p><p>> the board know where I could look</p><p>> to find funding sources? I've done</p><p>> some research and could make a</p><p>> decent living with 40 to 50 cows</p><p>> for starters, then expand later.</p><p>> My biggest drawback is lack of</p><p>> acreage. I own 2 acres and have</p><p>> access to another 15 or so.</p><p>> Wondering if I could manage 50</p><p>> head of cows (plus any calves that</p><p>> are born)on that small amount of</p><p>> land. Thanks, Tim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 1830"] First, check with some of the small dairymen in your area. Have you milked cows? Are there any small dairys in your area for sale? Finding reliable help is hard. Will you buy all your feed? You could maybe talk with your local milk buying co-op, your local NRCS farm advisor. Spend a week with a dairyman that is succesfull, see if you can live with the no vacation, little sleep, little money, excessive work and hours. You might try joining the yahoo group grazers edge "http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grazersedge/" and ask your question there. Most of those folks are dairyman (sorry, and dairywomen). dunmovin farms > I've been doing some serious > thinking in the last few months. > I'm considering starting a small > dairy operation. Does anyone on > the board know where I could look > to find funding sources? I've done > some research and could make a > decent living with 40 to 50 cows > for starters, then expand later. > My biggest drawback is lack of > acreage. I own 2 acres and have > access to another 15 or so. > Wondering if I could manage 50 > head of cows (plus any calves that > are born)on that small amount of > land. Thanks, Tim [/QUOTE]
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