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<blockquote data-quote="ChrisB" data-source="post: 1289521" data-attributes="member: 122"><p>First off, thank you for your service.</p><p></p><p>You stated that your contract is up; how many years have you been in the Army? If you are close to getting your 20 years in, is re-enlisting an option? I ask this because that would get you closest to being able to farm full time the quickest. Unless I'm mistaken on how military retirement works.</p><p></p><p>I don't believe there are any grants (free money), but you can get low interest loans with up to 40 years to repay. Check with the local FSA office in the area you are moving to and work with them.</p><p></p><p>Going slow and paying cash for future expansion may be the best and safest advice but... If you do that you will never get to where you want to be. You first have to ask yourself how bad you want to do this. Is it something that simply sounds like a nice way to make a living? Or is it your passion in life? What I mean is, if it is your passion, are you willing to live anywhere and do whatever you can to make ends meet?</p><p></p><p>The quickest way into the cattle business in my opinion would be buying Holstein bottle calves and finishing them all the way out on shelled corn & pellets. You don't need a lot of equipment or land doing this. And you will be able to sell them in about 14 months. Then on the side buy a few beef cows and grow your pasture and cow herd as you can afford. But whatever you do, it is going to take a sizeable investment.</p><p></p><p>Working on a large dairy for a while may be an ideal situation. Maybe you could buy their bull calves, and possibly be able to buy their pushout feed unless they feed it to their heifers. If you get some land, maybe they would even let you use their equipment if you are a good employee.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChrisB, post: 1289521, member: 122"] First off, thank you for your service. You stated that your contract is up; how many years have you been in the Army? If you are close to getting your 20 years in, is re-enlisting an option? I ask this because that would get you closest to being able to farm full time the quickest. Unless I'm mistaken on how military retirement works. I don't believe there are any grants (free money), but you can get low interest loans with up to 40 years to repay. Check with the local FSA office in the area you are moving to and work with them. Going slow and paying cash for future expansion may be the best and safest advice but... If you do that you will never get to where you want to be. You first have to ask yourself how bad you want to do this. Is it something that simply sounds like a nice way to make a living? Or is it your passion in life? What I mean is, if it is your passion, are you willing to live anywhere and do whatever you can to make ends meet? The quickest way into the cattle business in my opinion would be buying Holstein bottle calves and finishing them all the way out on shelled corn & pellets. You don't need a lot of equipment or land doing this. And you will be able to sell them in about 14 months. Then on the side buy a few beef cows and grow your pasture and cow herd as you can afford. But whatever you do, it is going to take a sizeable investment. Working on a large dairy for a while may be an ideal situation. Maybe you could buy their bull calves, and possibly be able to buy their pushout feed unless they feed it to their heifers. If you get some land, maybe they would even let you use their equipment if you are a good employee. [/QUOTE]
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