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Raising vs buying replacement heifers
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<blockquote data-quote="alftn" data-source="post: 351768" data-attributes="member: 5647"><p>How are ya'll figuring the cost of you cattle...I do not come close to your numbers....but I am not adding in land cost (pasture rent). My real cost per cow is ,Hay(4 roles/100$), salt (3.99), meds.(10$),protein tubs(10$), and grain I choose to feed (make them pets)... Other cost land, labor, tractor,gas,4 wheeler...I can make these numbers anything (high or low)...I figuar it would take 750 ac.( east U.S.) 7500 in texas... to be a real rancher not just a hobbie farmer..Much smaller you would have to work off the farm at a job... Yes you might do Reg stock, Horses, or longhorns on fewer ac...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alftn, post: 351768, member: 5647"] How are ya'll figuring the cost of you cattle...I do not come close to your numbers....but I am not adding in land cost (pasture rent). My real cost per cow is ,Hay(4 roles/100$), salt (3.99), meds.(10$),protein tubs(10$), and grain I choose to feed (make them pets)... Other cost land, labor, tractor,gas,4 wheeler...I can make these numbers anything (high or low)...I figuar it would take 750 ac.( east U.S.) 7500 in texas... to be a real rancher not just a hobbie farmer..Much smaller you would have to work off the farm at a job... Yes you might do Reg stock, Horses, or longhorns on fewer ac... [/QUOTE]
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