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<blockquote data-quote="rocfarm" data-source="post: 1768138" data-attributes="member: 42715"><p>By the time I paid for my second-hand tractor, 13 pieces of maintenance and farming equipment, including a used 2003 Ford F-150, water troughs, well, piping to the troughs, and various fencing materials, I was in over 50,000$. And I still borrow my friends trailer and 90%of my tools are from my dad. And I still had to pay for the cows and their upkeep. Not to mention land taxes, truck insurance, diesel, gas, and things like remedy ultra (spent $750 spraying mesquites alone last summer) and backpack sprayers and tractor maintenance costs. It'd take about 40 head to efficiently pay that off over time, I think.</p><p></p><p>But you are right about haying. If you forget the cows and completely focus on hay, it was one of the few scenarios that Texas A&M folks said could potentially pay off.</p><p></p><p>Running cattle is a consistent loser, though. Most of us are made whole by land cost appreciation and the recreational side. I love my hunts on the farm! Turkey, deer, dove, wild pigs, coyotes, foxes, bobcats, raccoons, opossum… and when I feel like it. It's also nice to have ones own private gun range and build a camp fire under the stars at one's whim. And the physicality of it keeps me fit.</p><p></p><p>So I totally get the lifestyle choice. May your children adopt the lifestyle as well! It's a meaningful choice.</p><p>Here's my tractor, BTW. Kubota L4701. A great tractor for 160 acres of maintenance in central Texas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rocfarm, post: 1768138, member: 42715"] By the time I paid for my second-hand tractor, 13 pieces of maintenance and farming equipment, including a used 2003 Ford F-150, water troughs, well, piping to the troughs, and various fencing materials, I was in over 50,000$. And I still borrow my friends trailer and 90%of my tools are from my dad. And I still had to pay for the cows and their upkeep. Not to mention land taxes, truck insurance, diesel, gas, and things like remedy ultra (spent $750 spraying mesquites alone last summer) and backpack sprayers and tractor maintenance costs. It’d take about 40 head to efficiently pay that off over time, I think. But you are right about haying. If you forget the cows and completely focus on hay, it was one of the few scenarios that Texas A&M folks said could potentially pay off. Running cattle is a consistent loser, though. Most of us are made whole by land cost appreciation and the recreational side. I love my hunts on the farm! Turkey, deer, dove, wild pigs, coyotes, foxes, bobcats, raccoons, opossum… and when I feel like it. It’s also nice to have ones own private gun range and build a camp fire under the stars at one’s whim. And the physicality of it keeps me fit. So I totally get the lifestyle choice. May your children adopt the lifestyle as well! It’s a meaningful choice. Here’s my tractor, BTW. Kubota L4701. A great tractor for 160 acres of maintenance in central Texas. [/QUOTE]
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