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<blockquote data-quote="inyati13" data-source="post: 1352980" data-attributes="member: 17767"><p>Are you planning on operating in the Rocky Mountain West? Is your goals a hobby farm or do you intend to earn your livelyhood solely from beef cattle? If the latter, you better be a master counterfeiter or richer than Bill Gates. Viable operations in Colorado require large tracts of real estate. Large tracts of land have logistic challenges. If you are starting from scratch, your fist step is acquiring property by purchase or lease. Where you are, that is a challenge few will overcome. To run a herd of 100 cows in the Rocky Mountain West, will require a large capital investment.</p><p></p><p>Here in Kentucky, the challenge is not as great. The scale and scope of your operation can be downsized. A $100,000 in Colorado will buy you enough infrastructune to raise a few goats. In Kentucky, you could buy 60 acres and then borrow another $80,000 to put up fences, buildings and handling facilities. Then borrow another $100,000 for tractor, implements, etc.</p><p></p><p>Candidly, the vocation of cattle husbandry is difficult to get into if you are starting from scratch!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="inyati13, post: 1352980, member: 17767"] Are you planning on operating in the Rocky Mountain West? Is your goals a hobby farm or do you intend to earn your livelyhood solely from beef cattle? If the latter, you better be a master counterfeiter or richer than Bill Gates. Viable operations in Colorado require large tracts of real estate. Large tracts of land have logistic challenges. If you are starting from scratch, your fist step is acquiring property by purchase or lease. Where you are, that is a challenge few will overcome. To run a herd of 100 cows in the Rocky Mountain West, will require a large capital investment. Here in Kentucky, the challenge is not as great. The scale and scope of your operation can be downsized. A $100,000 in Colorado will buy you enough infrastructune to raise a few goats. In Kentucky, you could buy 60 acres and then borrow another $80,000 to put up fences, buildings and handling facilities. Then borrow another $100,000 for tractor, implements, etc. Candidly, the vocation of cattle husbandry is difficult to get into if you are starting from scratch! [/QUOTE]
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