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<blockquote data-quote="lakeportfarms" data-source="post: 753871" data-attributes="member: 9413"><p>I'd suggest Scottish Highland cattle. Save the money you'll spend on a barn with stalls and a loafing shed right now, and put it into good perimeter fencing, and then cross fencing for rotational grazing, and a good way to handle water both in summer for rotational grazing, and WINTER with an automatic freeze proof waterer to keep things from freezing. Highlands not only graze but browse too, ours eat the small branches on the trees and we have a perfect browse line 6 feet high around the whole property, perfect for your wooded areas. Best of all they really don't require shelter (they'll use the woods) and look stunning in the fresh fallen lake effect snow you'll get (as a Michigander I know this). Highlands are very docile and are excellent for grass finishing. The only knock is that they grow out a little slowly and you won't be able to take them to the sale barn to sell them without getting hammered on price. We have a couple Angus, a Hereford, Dexters, and the Highlands are the least troublesome of any of them, including being respectful of fences.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lakeportfarms, post: 753871, member: 9413"] I'd suggest Scottish Highland cattle. Save the money you'll spend on a barn with stalls and a loafing shed right now, and put it into good perimeter fencing, and then cross fencing for rotational grazing, and a good way to handle water both in summer for rotational grazing, and WINTER with an automatic freeze proof waterer to keep things from freezing. Highlands not only graze but browse too, ours eat the small branches on the trees and we have a perfect browse line 6 feet high around the whole property, perfect for your wooded areas. Best of all they really don't require shelter (they'll use the woods) and look stunning in the fresh fallen lake effect snow you'll get (as a Michigander I know this). Highlands are very docile and are excellent for grass finishing. The only knock is that they grow out a little slowly and you won't be able to take them to the sale barn to sell them without getting hammered on price. We have a couple Angus, a Hereford, Dexters, and the Highlands are the least troublesome of any of them, including being respectful of fences. [/QUOTE]
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