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<blockquote data-quote="Crazy Farmgirl" data-source="post: 924088" data-attributes="member: 17302"><p>I farm 180 acres, 140 tillable land with the remaining being wooded. Currently I have 30 head mostly Hereford with a few Hereford/Limo and Hereford/Simm crosses left. I also have a few Jerseys that I raise for hamburger. I am in the process of weeding out the "black", I prefer Herefords and they do better in my grass based operation and their temperments are ten times better and since I sell all of the animals off the farm to locals as freezer beef they don't care about a "black" hide they simply want quality meat. I have my herd split so 1/2 calve in the spring and the other 1/2 in the fall, this allows me to accomadate my customers better. I raise my own replacement heifers and band bull calves day one ( I have one I left intact but the jury is still out on him). I cull hard for temperment and all are halter broke and named, neighbors say their spoiled. I respect them and they respect me.I also raise goats,Boer(meat) and Alpine(milk) they were a natural choice to clean up many areas of the farm that had not been farmed in 30+ years.I have around 100 laying hens that keep cash coming in all year. Lastly I raise 10-15 hogs each year. I have 5 horses the boys and I use to work cattle and trail ride.</p><p></p><p> I do rotational grazing throughout the summer (May-Oct depending on the year), during the winter they are all brought up to the barn and fed hay. I raise all of my own hay between my farm and another 180 acres I lease. Since much of the farm had been untouched for many years (grandparents quit farming in the 70's a few feilds were still hayed but had not had any improvements) I choose one feild a year to "rejuvinate", some get plowed and reseeded (the really rough ones) the others I no-till drill. I spread manure on the feilds and in the fall run the cows on the feild I'll work the next year. Feilds are planted with grass/alfalfa mixes (generally orchard and timothy) which gives me versatile hay for horses/cows/goats.</p><p></p><p> I refuse to buy anything that I don't have the cash for so things are slowly progressing, but it is all paid for. I still use many of the old tractors and equipment that my grandparents had, for the last few years I have been able to "upgrade" at least one peice of machinery a year. Hopefully in the end I'll have a nice operation to pass on to the boys, thankfully they all have an interest in farming!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crazy Farmgirl, post: 924088, member: 17302"] I farm 180 acres, 140 tillable land with the remaining being wooded. Currently I have 30 head mostly Hereford with a few Hereford/Limo and Hereford/Simm crosses left. I also have a few Jerseys that I raise for hamburger. I am in the process of weeding out the "black", I prefer Herefords and they do better in my grass based operation and their temperments are ten times better and since I sell all of the animals off the farm to locals as freezer beef they don't care about a "black" hide they simply want quality meat. I have my herd split so 1/2 calve in the spring and the other 1/2 in the fall, this allows me to accomadate my customers better. I raise my own replacement heifers and band bull calves day one ( I have one I left intact but the jury is still out on him). I cull hard for temperment and all are halter broke and named, neighbors say their spoiled. I respect them and they respect me.I also raise goats,Boer(meat) and Alpine(milk) they were a natural choice to clean up many areas of the farm that had not been farmed in 30+ years.I have around 100 laying hens that keep cash coming in all year. Lastly I raise 10-15 hogs each year. I have 5 horses the boys and I use to work cattle and trail ride. I do rotational grazing throughout the summer (May-Oct depending on the year), during the winter they are all brought up to the barn and fed hay. I raise all of my own hay between my farm and another 180 acres I lease. Since much of the farm had been untouched for many years (grandparents quit farming in the 70's a few feilds were still hayed but had not had any improvements) I choose one feild a year to "rejuvinate", some get plowed and reseeded (the really rough ones) the others I no-till drill. I spread manure on the feilds and in the fall run the cows on the feild I'll work the next year. Feilds are planted with grass/alfalfa mixes (generally orchard and timothy) which gives me versatile hay for horses/cows/goats. I refuse to buy anything that I don't have the cash for so things are slowly progressing, but it is all paid for. I still use many of the old tractors and equipment that my grandparents had, for the last few years I have been able to "upgrade" at least one peice of machinery a year. Hopefully in the end I'll have a nice operation to pass on to the boys, thankfully they all have an interest in farming! [/QUOTE]
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