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<blockquote data-quote="TominTX" data-source="post: 1728547" data-attributes="member: 28120"><p>I mow most of ours every spring to clean up any old grass growth and give the grass an even starting point with whatever spring weeds are in the pastures. It also helps to combat the patches of greenbriar we get around the treelines and fences. Regarding the cattle, we skip the sale barn for the most part and feed out, process and sell beef with any of our steers that we raise. Profit margin is a lot higher that way. We're not making a big profit off the heifers yet because we've been swapping bulls a lot and keeping them to grow the herd. We've added significantly to our land over the past two years and I won't be able to quit my day job any time soon, but it's covering the mortgage on the new land. At some point we'll be done growing and our main lines of business will be beef and replacement heifers.</p><p></p><p>I'm also doing a lot of pasture renovation to the land we bought. It was leased for many years and therefore overgrazed and had little maintenance done. I'm buying all our hay right now, and feeding it over the areas that have had all the topsoil washed out due to overgrazing. Seems to be working but patience is key there...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TominTX, post: 1728547, member: 28120"] I mow most of ours every spring to clean up any old grass growth and give the grass an even starting point with whatever spring weeds are in the pastures. It also helps to combat the patches of greenbriar we get around the treelines and fences. Regarding the cattle, we skip the sale barn for the most part and feed out, process and sell beef with any of our steers that we raise. Profit margin is a lot higher that way. We're not making a big profit off the heifers yet because we've been swapping bulls a lot and keeping them to grow the herd. We've added significantly to our land over the past two years and I won't be able to quit my day job any time soon, but it's covering the mortgage on the new land. At some point we'll be done growing and our main lines of business will be beef and replacement heifers. I'm also doing a lot of pasture renovation to the land we bought. It was leased for many years and therefore overgrazed and had little maintenance done. I'm buying all our hay right now, and feeding it over the areas that have had all the topsoil washed out due to overgrazing. Seems to be working but patience is key there... [/QUOTE]
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