amishnightmare
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I currently live in NW Arkansas. I am 24 years old, married and have 2 boys. Farming is my passion and I want to raise my family around a farm. Here is the problem...I currently live on the outskirts of a small town, i have nobody in my family that would let me use any of there land to try to get started, i have NO land, and everyone around here thinks there land is producing gold or something because they list it for a stupid amount. I have had a couple old timers recommend leasing a little piece of land and buy a bull and a few cows and build up a herd. Selling some cows and maybe some calves here and there. Our small town is one of those small towns where farming is popular but most of the land is owned by a couple different wealthy people that "sqeeks" when he walks and provides NO help to people who are trying to start. I might be able to find a lease somewhere but how would you start? Would you buy a bull and few cows? I have cattle knowledge. I grew up working on beef, diary, and chicken farms. But i am just trying to find the "BEST" way to get started. I would like to try to bread the tiger stripe calves, cross between and Hereford and Brahman but i was told that where we are located it could possibly get to cold sometimes up here and they wouldn't feel out like they would in the south. So after hearing that from a couple different people, i decided that i may want to just run purebred Herefords? what do yall think?