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<blockquote data-quote="sunnyblueskies" data-source="post: 1675310" data-attributes="member: 39112"><p>Keep your engineering job for sure. We have 90 cows, a lot more field, but our grazing/haying situation is different from yours (cold Alberta Canada). My husband works full time and I take care of the cows, some field work etc.</p><p>It's sad to say, but with that size of herd you are just about at the threshhold of being a hobby farm. Unless you get the land and cows for free from her family and don't have to mortgage it. </p><p>As somebody suggested in and earlier post, if I were you I would reduce the herd size to maybe 40-50 cows. You might have to anyway not knowing how much grandpa culled throughout the years and age of most of the cows. </p><p>With a lower number you wouldn't have to worry about having to buy extra feed or needing more pasture. What does your wife think about herself working with cattle and machinery? Because that's what she will have to do with you working a fulltime job. </p><p></p><p>Taking over the family farm is a nice dream, but reality........... not so much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sunnyblueskies, post: 1675310, member: 39112"] Keep your engineering job for sure. We have 90 cows, a lot more field, but our grazing/haying situation is different from yours (cold Alberta Canada). My husband works full time and I take care of the cows, some field work etc. It's sad to say, but with that size of herd you are just about at the threshhold of being a hobby farm. Unless you get the land and cows for free from her family and don't have to mortgage it. As somebody suggested in and earlier post, if I were you I would reduce the herd size to maybe 40-50 cows. You might have to anyway not knowing how much grandpa culled throughout the years and age of most of the cows. With a lower number you wouldn't have to worry about having to buy extra feed or needing more pasture. What does your wife think about herself working with cattle and machinery? Because that's what she will have to do with you working a fulltime job. Taking over the family farm is a nice dream, but reality........... not so much. [/QUOTE]
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