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<blockquote data-quote="jschoolcraft86" data-source="post: 1603482" data-attributes="member: 27711"><p>Grew up in the suburbs, went off the beaten path for awhile, got straightened out and had the opportunity to take over my Grandfather's ranch when he passed away several years ago. I had no background in agriculture but my family knew I was about the only one who would be willing to do the work. </p><p></p><p>My Grandfather bought and cleared the land in the late 70s and planted a pecan orchard so the ranch is called the Pecanderosa Ranch, but he also ran a little commercial cattle herd. I've learned about the pecans partially because I love them, but mainly because of the importance to the family. The cattle are what have really grabbed my attention and I've spent the last couple years culling and replacing to slowly build the herd up to a more respectable size while improving the genetics. Would like to keep a commercial herd going but also start producing some F1 tigers to market as replacement females here. Ideally I would like to run about 80-100 head on the ranch while also running 30 acres of pecans (currently at about 35 head and 20 acres of pecans).</p><p></p><p>This looks like the first year in a long time that the ranch won't lose any money, but that is without paying myself anything for labor. It's come a long way but there's a long way to go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jschoolcraft86, post: 1603482, member: 27711"] Grew up in the suburbs, went off the beaten path for awhile, got straightened out and had the opportunity to take over my Grandfather's ranch when he passed away several years ago. I had no background in agriculture but my family knew I was about the only one who would be willing to do the work. My Grandfather bought and cleared the land in the late 70s and planted a pecan orchard so the ranch is called the Pecanderosa Ranch, but he also ran a little commercial cattle herd. I've learned about the pecans partially because I love them, but mainly because of the importance to the family. The cattle are what have really grabbed my attention and I've spent the last couple years culling and replacing to slowly build the herd up to a more respectable size while improving the genetics. Would like to keep a commercial herd going but also start producing some F1 tigers to market as replacement females here. Ideally I would like to run about 80-100 head on the ranch while also running 30 acres of pecans (currently at about 35 head and 20 acres of pecans). This looks like the first year in a long time that the ranch won't lose any money, but that is without paying myself anything for labor. It's come a long way but there's a long way to go. [/QUOTE]
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