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<blockquote data-quote="Wall Murray Greys" data-source="post: 1813298" data-attributes="member: 42039"><p>I Grew up around cattle in the Waco temple area. 38" rain fall area. Hauling square bales and working for my buddy's dad through high school 20+ years ago. I was finally able to start my own herd in 2019, We now live in an area that averages 25"s of rain a year and thats what I got the first few years. I started learning what my grasses could do. Took me a bit, much different than what I grew up with, but last year I only got 16". Learned real fast you can't raise cattle with $160 bale prices and expect to make a profit. We have been lucky this year, got 20"s from February to June. Neighbor keeps asking why I have not added a few head. Reading from the people on here who have been doing this for a long time taught me that just because you have grass now doesn't mean it'll be there in the future. </p><p>My advice, which probably ain't worth much, is it's better to be under stocked and have a little extra grass than to be overstocked and run out of grass the same time as everyone else. Second, When you find good hay at a fair price get a little extra for a backup plan. Finally, learn as much as you can from others mistakes. It cost less. This website has really helped me tremendously.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wall Murray Greys, post: 1813298, member: 42039"] I Grew up around cattle in the Waco temple area. 38” rain fall area. Hauling square bales and working for my buddy’s dad through high school 20+ years ago. I was finally able to start my own herd in 2019, We now live in an area that averages 25”s of rain a year and thats what I got the first few years. I started learning what my grasses could do. Took me a bit, much different than what I grew up with, but last year I only got 16”. Learned real fast you can’t raise cattle with $160 bale prices and expect to make a profit. We have been lucky this year, got 20”s from February to June. Neighbor keeps asking why I have not added a few head. Reading from the people on here who have been doing this for a long time taught me that just because you have grass now doesn’t mean it’ll be there in the future. My advice, which probably ain’t worth much, is it’s better to be under stocked and have a little extra grass than to be overstocked and run out of grass the same time as everyone else. Second, When you find good hay at a fair price get a little extra for a backup plan. Finally, learn as much as you can from others mistakes. It cost less. This website has really helped me tremendously. [/QUOTE]
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