Leasing cows

[farrier]

Looking to lease some cows.
I'm going to lease about 70 acres, but really don't want to go into debt buying cows to put on this place.
I was thinking of leasing some cows on shares.
Are these kind of deals hard to come by?
Any of you done a deal like this before?
This place is about 1/2 hour from home, but I'm in the area a lot anyway.
Thanks.

 

[Kingfisher]

Just out of curiosity what's it cost to lease 7o acres there?

 

[farrier]

First year fix all fence, corrals, etc. $20/acre/year.
Next year and there after $40/acre/year.
Should carry 20-25 cows easily.
Good well water and big creek that has not known to go dry.
Widely dispersed trees for shade.
Been a long time since cows where on the place, because of fence repairs needed.

 

[bigbull338]

do not lease any cows.if a lease cow dies you pay the full price for the dead calf.

 

[M5farm]

We did something similar back in the early 2000"s we contracted 50 cows. We split the calves at weaning. If a calf died it was on us. Cow died it was on them. We lost One cow in the 2 years we did it and she was laying under some trees and a big oak limb fell and broke her back. we made a little money