farmboy275":2q30z1b7 said:
How many cow/calf pairs can i put on 5 acres in North Western Illinois?
I would bet you can go down any road where you live and find where you can put three, two and one. Depends on the ground.
Sounds to me like you want to run cows.
Sounds to me like you have too little land.
Put two steers out there and wait a year - that will tell you lots.
Go ahead and run what you figure you want to run and you will likely regret it - or have bone thin animals and a thin pocket book from buying feed.
Tell me you have a veterinarian that you can and WILL call. Have his number on your fridge!!!!
Keeping cows is not easy as you might think - and your question tells me you know very little.
Those dirty, old, idiot, farmers - me being one - have managed to hang on through luck and hard work - you have no idea what you are getting in to.
Get your fences and pens in order before you do anything.
Be slow at this.
Two steers only - and be ready for them.
Regards
Bez+
