Ranching as a Hobby?

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Hey everyone,

I am currently a teaching major and after school plan on teaching and coaching. But one of the interest that I have is ranching. My school doesnt offer an Agriculture classes, and with school, work and training I am always busy. After school I would love to buy a house out in the country were my neighbors are about 1/2 mile away and I would also like to have 4-5 cattle (actually I would love to have mini cattle) and maybe 2 horses. Now of course I need a lot of money to do this, but is it possible to just do ranching as a hobby like this and if it is how can I learn to do this properly. Thanks for any help and guidance.

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[ALACOWMAN]

You might want to pm caustic burno this is his area of expertise. he can get you started on his right foot...i i i i mean your right foot :P just kidding good luck ;-)

 

[C HOLLAND]

You might want to pm caustic burno this is his area of expertise. he can get you started on his right foot...i i i i mean your right foot :P just kidding good luck ;-)

I see the can of worms opening for sure.

 

[flaboy-]

Hey everyone,
Now of course I need a lot of money to do this, but is it possible to just do ranching as a hobby like this and if it is how can I learn to do this properly. Thanks for any help and guidance.

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You certainly can do this as a hobby rancher. Like Alacowman said just drop ol Caustic a PM and he will get you up and running in no time flat. He is the resident expert in this field. :lol:

 

[dun]

It can be done, but to not lose your butt you have to manage everything much closer then a larger operation

dun

 

[cornstalk]

It can be done, but to not lose your butt you have to manage everything much closer then a larger operation

dun

I could be wrong, but it would almost seem the other way around to me. Doesnt the larger operation that depends on it's stock to support the operation, have to watch everything much closer than the guy who works in town for his paycheck, and just keeps a few critters on the place?

To be honest, I'd be willing to bet a large percentage of the indivuals here could be classified as hobby farmers.....

Go for it.

 

[ROCKSPRINGS]

Hey everyone,
Now of course I need a lot of money to do this, but is it possible to just do ranching as a hobby like this and if it is how can I learn to do this properly. Thanks for any help and guidance.

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You certainly can do this as a hobby rancher. Like Alacowman said just drop ol Caustic a PM and he will get you up and running in no time flat. He is the resident expert in this field. :lol:

Thats Wrong :lol: :lol:

 

[ALACOWMAN]

It can be done, but to not lose your butt you have to manage everything much closer then a larger operation

dun

I could be wrong, but it would almost seem the other way around to me. Doesnt the larger operation that depends on it's stock to support the operation, have to watch everything much closer than the guy who works in town for his paycheck, and just keeps a few critters on the place?

To be honest, I'd be willing to bet a large percentage of the

• indivuals here could be classified as hobby farmers.....

Go for it.

oh he!! here it goes the fuel has just been thrown on the fire ;-)

 

[LonghornRanch]

No way this post is real! Ok..... who is pushing caustic burno buttons?

Or maybe caustic made a new id to play a joke on us??!!

;-)

 

[dun]

It can be done, but to not lose your butt you have to manage everything much closer then a larger operation

dun

I could be wrong, but it would almost seem the other way around to me. Doesnt the larger operation that depends on it's stock to support the operation, have to watch everything much closer than the guy who works in town for his paycheck, and just keeps a few critters on the place?

To be honest, I'd be willing to bet a large percentage of the indivuals here could be classified as hobby farmers.....

Go for it.

The larger operations have volume o help them. Most things are less expensive if you can buy larger quantities. If you need 20 t-posts they're going to cost you more a piece then if you buy 100 or 200. Buying a tone of minerals at a time makes it cheaper per cwt then if you buy a sack or 2. If a small operation has a poor calf that's significant percentage of the income, compared to a couple of poor doers in a herd of 100. Selling a potload your dollars per cwt ar higher then if you only sell a couple of calves. Now that we're in the small size my pencil has to be a lot sharper then before. But I expect to make money on them every year. I suppose a strictly hobby deal you wouldn;t care if you lost your butt every year. I still think of a hobby as a minimum of a break even better yet a profit.

dun

 

[S.R.R.]

If you want to spend your earnings from your town job on some mini herefords and a couple horses That sounds like a good hobby farm idea to me. Just plan on double the cost of what you think you will spend on most things. One of the members here SF raises mini herefords I believe. The man Caustic Burno some posters here are talking about is well respected in my book and you will find that he does not hate all hobby farmers. Just ones that act like their ranchers and that their income comes from their ranch.
ALACOWMAN has a good eye for horses. ;-) You should send him a pm.

 

[Caustic Burno]

I don't know anything about the little stunted belly draggin bovines nor do I want to. there is a fellow that raises big stupid birds on here pm him as they both have about as much value to the beef industry.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

If you want to spend your earnings from your town job on some mini herefords and a couple horses That sounds like a good hobby farm idea to me. Just plan on double the cost of what you think you will spend on most things. One of the members here SF raises mini herefords I believe. The man Caustic Burno some posters here are talking about is well respected in my book and you will find that he does not hate all hobby farmers. Just ones that act like their ranchers and that their income comes from their ranch.
ALACOWMAN has a good eye for horses. ;-) You should send him a pm.

your dam right i do moron at least i dont raise mountain goats too pass off as cattle go suck on your moma teat your looking peaked

 

[Beever]

I am new here and a 'hobby rancher' as well.

As for Caustic Burno - Gotta love his replies. Honest and direct!
Fun to read, a favorite poster ... even his Hoss avatar looks the part.

However at some level cattlemen like CB should appreciate the 'hobby rancher' for the following reasons:

1. We soon enough appreciate the challenges of the commercial cattlemen to make a living.
2. We gain some understanding of issues facing the industry and probably vote in a way beneficial to it.
3. We respect the land and do our best care for our cattle.
4. We come to share values with those in agriculture living in the rural 'Heartland'
5. We serve as buyers for niche markets like registered longhorns and other breeds
6. We provide profit margin to feed stores and implement providers.
7. Some of us are not pretentious enough to claim to know what we are doing, but are on a steep learning curve, grateful to have this site and the good people on it - including Caustic and ALACOWMAN
:roll:
I am sure this has been discussed before elsewhere on the site so that is my 2 cents worth.

 

[D.R. Cattle]

I am new here and a 'hobby rancher' as well.

As for Caustic Burno - Gotta love his replies. Honest and direct!
Fun to read, a favorite poster ... even his Hoss avatar looks the part.

However at some level cattlemen like CB should appreciate the 'hobby rancher' for the following reasons:

1. We soon enough appreciate the challenges of the commercial cattlemen to make a living.
2. We gain some understanding of issues facing the industry and probably vote in a way beneficial to it.
3. We respect the land and do our best care for our cattle.
4. We come to share values with those in agriculture living in the rural 'Heartland'
5. We serve as buyers for niche markets like registered longhorns and other breeds
6. We provide profit margin to feed stores and implement providers.
7. Some of us are not pretentious enough to claim to know what we are doing, but are on a steep learning curve, grateful to have this site and the good people on it - including Caustic and ALACOWMAN
:roll:
I am sure this has been discussed before elsewhere on the site so that is my 2 cents worth.

Spoken very intelligently.

 

[S.R.R.]

If you want to spend your earnings from your town job on some mini herefords and a couple horses That sounds like a good hobby farm idea to me. Just plan on double the cost of what you think you will spend on most things. One of the members here SF raises mini herefords I believe. The man Caustic Burno some posters here are talking about is well respected in my book and you will find that he does not hate all hobby farmers. Just ones that act like their ranchers and that their income comes from their ranch.
ALACOWMAN has a good eye for horses. ;-) You should send him a pm.

your dam right i do moron at least i dont raise mountain goats too pass off as cattle go suck on your moma teat your looking peaked

I love you too ALACOWMAN! But please..... in the future if you are going to flurt with me send me a pm. There is no need to put others on this board through our love spats ;-)

 

[Caustic Burno]

I am new here and a 'hobby rancher' as well.

As for Caustic Burno - Gotta love his replies. Honest and direct!
Fun to read, a favorite poster ... even his Hoss avatar looks the part.

However at some level cattlemen like CB should appreciate the 'hobby rancher' for the following reasons:

1. We soon enough appreciate the challenges of the commercial cattlemen to make a living.
2. We gain some understanding of issues facing the industry and probably vote in a way beneficial to it.
3. We respect the land and do our best care for our cattle.
4. We come to share values with those in agriculture living in the rural 'Heartland'
5. We serve as buyers for niche markets like registered longhorns and other breeds
6. We provide profit margin to feed stores and implement providers.
7. Some of us are not pretentious enough to claim to know what we are doing, but are on a steep learning curve, grateful to have this site and the good people on it - including Caustic and ALACOWMAN
:roll:
I am sure this has been discussed before elsewhere on the site so that is my 2 cents worth.

It never mattered to me if you owned one cow or a thousand.
It's the talk like you are a little bantam rooster that is fixin to tell us how we have it all wrong and your here to straighten it out. Always had a problem with them all hat no cattle cowboys.

 

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Thanks for all of the replies, and no this is not a joke post. I am very serious about this when I get out of school (whenever the hell that will be). I just want to be prepared and it is an interest of mine so I like to read about this and gain an understanding. Thanks again

 

[msscamp]

I just want to be prepared and it is an interest of mine so I like to read about this and gain an understanding. Thanks again

You've come to the right place for that! ;-) :)

 

[pdoramus]

I raise a few steers each year, but I don't care if I make money or not. I just want to break even enough to keep beef in my freezer. I do love raising the baby calves though. I guess it fills that maternal instinct since the kids are all gone.
Goodluck with raising a few.