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<blockquote data-quote="50/50Farms" data-source="post: 1776194" data-attributes="member: 42731"><p>There are some very fine blooded and commercial cattle in the south and upland south. There's also a lot of cattle prioritized for being good doers in fairly austere conditions. There is very little public grazing down here, people are almost all on fixed, fenced range. The average cattleman doesn't have access to much more than 80-120 acres down here, and many less than that. 100 head would be considered a good sized operation in many areas, much more than that and you're considered a BTO locally in many spots. Most under that are retired or have a town job. Most of the native shortgrass prairies are towns or timber now. Cows with ear or other hard-charging breeds that can hustle make up what most people can reasonably keep if they want to have more than 5-15 head. </p><p></p><p>That said, cost of living is lower here and the sheer scale of row cropping which generates byproduct feeds and extra grazing opportunities balances it out. There's cattlemen going bust everywhere, and they aren't all here. You can sell erasers and have 1,000 of them or pencils and have 100, difference is null and void if you get the same amount scaled for your efforts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="50/50Farms, post: 1776194, member: 42731"] There are some very fine blooded and commercial cattle in the south and upland south. There's also a lot of cattle prioritized for being good doers in fairly austere conditions. There is very little public grazing down here, people are almost all on fixed, fenced range. The average cattleman doesn't have access to much more than 80-120 acres down here, and many less than that. 100 head would be considered a good sized operation in many areas, much more than that and you're considered a BTO locally in many spots. Most under that are retired or have a town job. Most of the native shortgrass prairies are towns or timber now. Cows with ear or other hard-charging breeds that can hustle make up what most people can reasonably keep if they want to have more than 5-15 head. That said, cost of living is lower here and the sheer scale of row cropping which generates byproduct feeds and extra grazing opportunities balances it out. There's cattlemen going bust everywhere, and they aren't all here. You can sell erasers and have 1,000 of them or pencils and have 100, difference is null and void if you get the same amount scaled for your efforts. [/QUOTE]
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