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<blockquote data-quote="bball" data-source="post: 1529627" data-attributes="member: 23752"><p></p><p></p><p>This is key. There is only one family in my geographical area "making it" on cattle. +/- 200 head. 4th or 5th generation. Bought their ground many moons ago before it jumped to the 8-10k per acre price today. Highly respected and regarded in the breed they deal in. More importantly, theyre fantastic people.</p><p></p><p>I wrestle with my foolishness for trying to raise cattle in row crop country. Truth is the numbers Michael posted are about right for my area too. On beef averages, id need approx 200 head to make +/-75k on cattle. I would need more land in order to do that. More land here is not cheap. Leases are virtually non existent and there is no BLM land. I guess thats partly why so many of the row crop guys tore out their fences, tore down their corrals and quit keeping cows. Lotsa of work and expenses for little reward (financially anyway).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bball, post: 1529627, member: 23752"] [b][/b] This is key. There is only one family in my geographical area "making it" on cattle. +/- 200 head. 4th or 5th generation. Bought their ground many moons ago before it jumped to the 8-10k per acre price today. Highly respected and regarded in the breed they deal in. More importantly, theyre fantastic people. I wrestle with my foolishness for trying to raise cattle in row crop country. Truth is the numbers Michael posted are about right for my area too. On beef averages, id need approx 200 head to make +/-75k on cattle. I would need more land in order to do that. More land here is not cheap. Leases are virtually non existent and there is no BLM land. I guess thats partly why so many of the row crop guys tore out their fences, tore down their corrals and quit keeping cows. Lotsa of work and expenses for little reward (financially anyway). [/QUOTE]
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