denvermartinfarms
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I was asked by a friend if I wanted to own some cattle with him, but I need to learn a little about this deal, the man has money but knows nothing about cattle or land, he would supply the money and I do the work.
He is in another part of the country, but owns 1000 acres here, it's got about 40 acres of really good bottom pasture, then probably 200 to 300 acres of glades with bluestem and sage grass, the rest is mostly hardwood timber, but there's alot of green underbrush 8 months of the year. I figure with the right cattle the might do ok, but that's my question.
He's thinking about 75 longhorns and breed them to a Charolais. he owns the land, pays for the cattle, we split the expenses of hay, vet supplies, ect. And sell the calves at about 8 or 9 months old and split the profit 50-50, sounds like it might be ok for me, if the cattle will do ok. This type of land has been leased by the forest service for cattle for years, I'm just not sure how many acres per cow to figure.
He is in another part of the country, but owns 1000 acres here, it's got about 40 acres of really good bottom pasture, then probably 200 to 300 acres of glades with bluestem and sage grass, the rest is mostly hardwood timber, but there's alot of green underbrush 8 months of the year. I figure with the right cattle the might do ok, but that's my question.
He's thinking about 75 longhorns and breed them to a Charolais. he owns the land, pays for the cattle, we split the expenses of hay, vet supplies, ect. And sell the calves at about 8 or 9 months old and split the profit 50-50, sounds like it might be ok for me, if the cattle will do ok. This type of land has been leased by the forest service for cattle for years, I'm just not sure how many acres per cow to figure.