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<blockquote data-quote="UG" data-source="post: 918092" data-attributes="member: 714"><p>Jelps,</p><p></p><p>I assume that you want to run a cow/calf operation. If you have 20 acres of pasture in that part of the country, you likely will be able to run a cow/calf pair per 2 acres, if you do some rotational grazing. So, that allows you to run approximately 10 cows. </p><p></p><p>As Ilovabeef pointed out, it would be good to know what your ultimate goal is (i.e. freezer beef, sell feeder calves, club calves, breeding stock). Since the number of commercial cow/calf operations is relatively small in the northern half of the state, where corn and beans are king, I think it would be a struggle to sell much seedstock. However, the show calf deal in IN is huge, so if you enjoy that segment, you may want to concentrate on producing club calves. If you raise the good ones you can get a whole lot more of a premium for them as 6 month old calves than you can raising just about any other type of beef that I am aware of.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UG, post: 918092, member: 714"] Jelps, I assume that you want to run a cow/calf operation. If you have 20 acres of pasture in that part of the country, you likely will be able to run a cow/calf pair per 2 acres, if you do some rotational grazing. So, that allows you to run approximately 10 cows. As Ilovabeef pointed out, it would be good to know what your ultimate goal is (i.e. freezer beef, sell feeder calves, club calves, breeding stock). Since the number of commercial cow/calf operations is relatively small in the northern half of the state, where corn and beans are king, I think it would be a struggle to sell much seedstock. However, the show calf deal in IN is huge, so if you enjoy that segment, you may want to concentrate on producing club calves. If you raise the good ones you can get a whole lot more of a premium for them as 6 month old calves than you can raising just about any other type of beef that I am aware of. [/QUOTE]
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