Never said you can't make money just don't get the idea this is the next best thing to the lottery.
This is a tough business and you have to be tough to survive it
Mother nature is your best friend one year your worst enemy the next.
People seem to have real problems culling which is a management tool.
Knowing when to innoculate with a 44, 44 bullet fifty cents, vet bill 200 bucks on a cow that can't be saved.
The one I love the most is I have 10 cows so I get 10 calves a year, right. Here comes that never ending culling cycle again.
Buying the 30,000 dollar tractor to write off taxes has loser all over it.
If you need a tractor and can justify the cost is one thing but buying it for a tax break is a sure path to the poor house.
I think my 79 Massey still has a couple of years left on the warranty.
Now land is really the problem, depending on where you live in start-up cost in my area you can run a unit per acre to areas you need 10 acres or more,
Getting your infrastructure set up from fences to working pens cost have skyrocketed in the last couple of years.
T-post are almost 5 bucks a pop here now with wire at 40 dollars a roll.
How are you going to supply hay buy it? do you have a local dependable source? How are you going to transport it? Have it delivered? Are you going 100,000 dollars in debt to buy the tractor, baler, cutter, rakes.
Are you a jack of all trades and can do this work yourself or going to have to hire it out.
You need to be welder, machinist, carpenter, mason, laborer, electrician, vet, and others that don't come to mind right now.
Its a lot more than going and buying some cows and making money off them. I left a ton of stuff off this list.