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<blockquote data-quote="bball" data-source="post: 1529759" data-attributes="member: 23752"><p>Im not sure how the row croppers here that rent ground are doing it. Rents range from $185 to 200 an acre here on crop ground.</p><p>I have been investigating buying feeders at the sale barn and finishing them on 'cheap' inputs. Have a retired gentleman that I'm friends with who does this. Pick his brain often. The pros: need less land, potential for better margins with cheap inputs.</p><p>The cons: spend 4 days a week in various salebarns 'hunting' for feeders. He says some days he will find 5 or 6 that meet his criteria, some days he pulls an empty trailer home. Gathering the cheap inputs here means: when the ethanol plant calls, you have to be able to get there quick (according to him). He has a good model as his goal is to buy super cheap, low end calfs with potential, finish on super cheap margins(screenings and any other feedstuffs he can get for .02/lb or less) then haul back to salebarn. He also has income from hog barns and rental ground.</p><p></p><p>I have also contemplated if i would be better buying stockers and running them on pasture all spring/summer, then selling after the first of the year. But land becomes the issue again for economy of scale to 'make a living.'</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bball, post: 1529759, member: 23752"] Im not sure how the row croppers here that rent ground are doing it. Rents range from $185 to 200 an acre here on crop ground. I have been investigating buying feeders at the sale barn and finishing them on 'cheap' inputs. Have a retired gentleman that I'm friends with who does this. Pick his brain often. The pros: need less land, potential for better margins with cheap inputs. The cons: spend 4 days a week in various salebarns 'hunting' for feeders. He says some days he will find 5 or 6 that meet his criteria, some days he pulls an empty trailer home. Gathering the cheap inputs here means: when the ethanol plant calls, you have to be able to get there quick (according to him). He has a good model as his goal is to buy super cheap, low end calfs with potential, finish on super cheap margins(screenings and any other feedstuffs he can get for .02/lb or less) then haul back to salebarn. He also has income from hog barns and rental ground. I have also contemplated if i would be better buying stockers and running them on pasture all spring/summer, then selling after the first of the year. But land becomes the issue again for economy of scale to 'make a living.' [/QUOTE]
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