I thinking about starting a cattle farm. Where do I start?
Posted by adminI thinking about starting a cattle farm.
I would like to know where should I start?
How much will I want to invest to make a good profit?
How much land should I buy?
How much will it cost to buy the land?
How much will the beef cattle cost me?
what equipment will I need?
How long should it take to make a living off of it?
Any more information you can think of would be nice please.
Start by learning as much about cattle as you can. Read, read, read.
Hang out around cattle - find out if your even like cattle. The smell, the poop, the snot, the noise, the flies. See if you can find a job around cows/cattle.
Land costs vary greatly. How many cattle you can run on a piece of land varies based on the "quality" of the land - is there grass? Is it desert? Talk to people who are in the ranching business.
Mostly read, read, read and get to know people who already have experience.
Anticipate this to cost …………..a lot. Probably several hundred thousand dollars.
Good luck!
September 28th, 2009 at 6:42 am
Start by learning as much about cattle as you can. Read, read, read.
Hang out around cattle - find out if your even like cattle. The smell, the poop, the snot, the noise, the flies. See if you can find a job around cows/cattle.
Land costs vary greatly. How many cattle you can run on a piece of land varies based on the "quality" of the land - is there grass? Is it desert? Talk to people who are in the ranching business.
Mostly read, read, read and get to know people who already have experience.
Anticipate this to cost …………..a lot. Probably several hundred thousand dollars.
Good luck!
References :
September 28th, 2009 at 7:12 am
are you serious! i live in idaho, and if half the ranchers heard this ? they would freak you cannot just start a cattle ranch. find a dairy any where even if its 100 miles away and ask the owner if you can hang out there for a while then after you have hung out in poo all day and been kicked by a bull then deside if thats what you really want
good luck
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