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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 954297" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>One way you could approach this is to look at what the extension service recomends for your area and cut it in half. Not saying they are wrong but they do a lot of stuff with a pencil and while you can do what they say its going to cost you both in time and money and when its all said and done you will have made the money they predicted but you will have exerted so much time and energy in the venture it really doesn't make financial sense unless you just enjoy working for nothing and not being able to go anywhere or do anything. AND, like you say, when some bad weather hits - and it will - you will go in the hole because you are already maximizing your resources and the only way you will be able to continue is to raise the carrying capacity by purchasing feed or forage. </p><p></p><p>IMO, the best way to go at it and make money is to either decide if you want this to be a full time job or just an additional source of income. If its an additional source of income, cut their number in half. Don't go buying everything they tell you to and what will happen is your cattle and your resources will not be stressed and you will clear nearly as much money as you would have the other way but with significantly less inputs.</p><p></p><p>Ideally, in a perfect world, no one would know I had cattle and I'd be on a 365 day calving season and I'd go to a different sale barn every day of the week and sell the daily calf.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 954297, member: 4362"] One way you could approach this is to look at what the extension service recomends for your area and cut it in half. Not saying they are wrong but they do a lot of stuff with a pencil and while you can do what they say its going to cost you both in time and money and when its all said and done you will have made the money they predicted but you will have exerted so much time and energy in the venture it really doesn't make financial sense unless you just enjoy working for nothing and not being able to go anywhere or do anything. AND, like you say, when some bad weather hits - and it will - you will go in the hole because you are already maximizing your resources and the only way you will be able to continue is to raise the carrying capacity by purchasing feed or forage. IMO, the best way to go at it and make money is to either decide if you want this to be a full time job or just an additional source of income. If its an additional source of income, cut their number in half. Don't go buying everything they tell you to and what will happen is your cattle and your resources will not be stressed and you will clear nearly as much money as you would have the other way but with significantly less inputs. Ideally, in a perfect world, no one would know I had cattle and I'd be on a 365 day calving season and I'd go to a different sale barn every day of the week and sell the daily calf. [/QUOTE]
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