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<blockquote data-quote="Bama" data-source="post: 88908" data-attributes="member: 1184"><p>I'm from North West Alabama. Around here we run a pair per acre. Don't take this to heart. I'm not sure what the conditions are like in your area. It take good grass to run that many per acre. Up here longhorns are only used by people in the rodeo business. I see a few of them come through the salebarn from time to time. They go a lot lower than most of the other breeds. There are some Longhorn folks on this board that can help you with a lot better advice than I can give you on them. Other area of the country longhorns bring a better price. </p><p> If you have not been around cattle I would recommend that you start out slowly. Once you learn the ins and outs they aren't much trouble. For someone starting out there are a lot of things that you have to learn the hard way. Trial and error play a big part in someones operation. It better to make a few small mistakes on a few cattle than large mistakes on a lot of cattle. Keeping a few to start with gives you a better chance to learn about them. You will get to reconize when something is wrong with one of them if you are observing a limited amount. Trying to watch several, things can slip by the untrained eye. I use that term untrained eye loosely, as we were all untrained at one time. Expect to make a few mistakes ( I have made my share ), but learn from them. The best advice I could give you is to talk to your neighbors. They will know more about the cattle trade in your area. As far as the lowland. I have some that I don't drain well. It gets a little wet during the winter months but it sure helps out during the summer months. You can put a dozer on the part that is overgrown fairly cheaply now. If you wait a few years those saplings will be a lot harder for a dozer to take out and will cost you a lot more in the longrun. Good luck and be forewarned the cattle industry is an addicting business.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bama, post: 88908, member: 1184"] I'm from North West Alabama. Around here we run a pair per acre. Don't take this to heart. I'm not sure what the conditions are like in your area. It take good grass to run that many per acre. Up here longhorns are only used by people in the rodeo business. I see a few of them come through the salebarn from time to time. They go a lot lower than most of the other breeds. There are some Longhorn folks on this board that can help you with a lot better advice than I can give you on them. Other area of the country longhorns bring a better price. If you have not been around cattle I would recommend that you start out slowly. Once you learn the ins and outs they aren't much trouble. For someone starting out there are a lot of things that you have to learn the hard way. Trial and error play a big part in someones operation. It better to make a few small mistakes on a few cattle than large mistakes on a lot of cattle. Keeping a few to start with gives you a better chance to learn about them. You will get to reconize when something is wrong with one of them if you are observing a limited amount. Trying to watch several, things can slip by the untrained eye. I use that term untrained eye loosely, as we were all untrained at one time. Expect to make a few mistakes ( I have made my share ), but learn from them. The best advice I could give you is to talk to your neighbors. They will know more about the cattle trade in your area. As far as the lowland. I have some that I don't drain well. It gets a little wet during the winter months but it sure helps out during the summer months. You can put a dozer on the part that is overgrown fairly cheaply now. If you wait a few years those saplings will be a lot harder for a dozer to take out and will cost you a lot more in the longrun. Good luck and be forewarned the cattle industry is an addicting business. [/QUOTE]
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