Santas and Duhram Reds
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If the number of cattle is decreasing, what is becoming of the land that these cattle used to graze on. Is it becoming row crop land? Not all of it can be turning into hunting resorts and suburbs.
Santas and Duhram Reds":2vd830se said:If the number of cattle is decreasing, what is becoming of the land that these cattle used to graze on. Is it becoming row crop land? Not all of it can be turning into hunting resorts and suburbs.
ga. prime":3bfimwl9 said:Due to climate change, it now takes twice the acres for the same number of cows, or put another way, half the cows on the same acres.
More money in growing grass ...period. Whether its for hay, sod....etc..HerefordSire":3i2x7aci said:More money in growing grass for hay than there is in commercial ranching.
Limomike":4bspb73e said:More money in growing grass ...period. Whether its for hay, sod....etc..HerefordSire":4bspb73e said:More money in growing grass for hay than there is in commercial ranching.
Alberta farmer":34pf7q3t said:A good portion of land that had cattle on it is going back into crop production. Doesn't seem to be any shortage of people lining up to rent crop land. With rent for crop land running around $65-$90/acre(my area) it becomes pretty hard for cows to compete? There is money growing hay for the hobby horse bunch, but it is iffy in my area due to the weather....rained on once and they don't want it.
Some of the land I own is not good for anything else but grazing, too hilly, wet, etc. I do intend to break up everything I possibly can for crop production. Seven years of very narrow margins in the cow/calf business plus a desire to spend winters in a warmer climate have pretty well made up my mind. Looking down the road to full retirement in a few years from farming and my other business interests.