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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 271447" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>200 acres is an excellent start. You are already ahead of many of us right here in this forum. The first thing I would do is get that land in optimum shape for cattle. Mend all fencing and cross fencing. Clean all the brush out that you can. Fertilizer is expensive so get some soil samples in different areas and determine what the land will need based on the vegetation you intend to grow. Check the working chutes and pens and figure out if you need to change any of the configurations. If you don't have any, watch for used equipment auctions or estate sales and take your time acquiring good equipment at the lowest prices you can get it for. If you have cousins, siblings, or good friends in the business, you may work out equipment borrowing/loaning with them. Maybe you buy a disc and they buy a grain drill etc. </p><p></p><p>If you were buying stock in the stock market, you'd want to buy good secure stock at the lowest possible prices. Buying cattle is no different. Get quality cattle when you start, suited for your climate, at the lowest prices you can. Don't buy when prices are high and don't sell when prices are down, unless you can't feed them. If you can keep a surplus of good hay, feed doesn't become an issue as much.</p><p></p><p>edit: Remember that everyone does something a little different. I learned from my dad and grandad but I do somethings a bit different than they did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 271447, member: 3162"] 200 acres is an excellent start. You are already ahead of many of us right here in this forum. The first thing I would do is get that land in optimum shape for cattle. Mend all fencing and cross fencing. Clean all the brush out that you can. Fertilizer is expensive so get some soil samples in different areas and determine what the land will need based on the vegetation you intend to grow. Check the working chutes and pens and figure out if you need to change any of the configurations. If you don't have any, watch for used equipment auctions or estate sales and take your time acquiring good equipment at the lowest prices you can get it for. If you have cousins, siblings, or good friends in the business, you may work out equipment borrowing/loaning with them. Maybe you buy a disc and they buy a grain drill etc. If you were buying stock in the stock market, you'd want to buy good secure stock at the lowest possible prices. Buying cattle is no different. Get quality cattle when you start, suited for your climate, at the lowest prices you can. Don't buy when prices are high and don't sell when prices are down, unless you can't feed them. If you can keep a surplus of good hay, feed doesn't become an issue as much. edit: Remember that everyone does something a little different. I learned from my dad and grandad but I do somethings a bit different than they did. [/QUOTE]
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