Cattle, plus sheep or goats if you have good fences and can control dogs and other predators, grow your own feed and forage, heavy on the forage. Many people will say it costs too much to get in the cattle business, that may be true if you want to start off as a purebred breeder but starting and expanding a commercial herd is doable in any market by simply following the way it was done for the first couple hundred years of the cattle business in the USA. A good purebred bull of the breed of your choice carrying the EPD's you want in your herd will turn out heifer calves replacements that are approximately 75% better than their dams in the first cross. You can do this with any group of cull and mixed up cows. Buy the cheapest, poorest cows at the sale barn, longhorns, cracker cows, milked out jersey and holsteins, broke mouth and no mouth cows if heavy bred, it does not matter as long as they are basically healthy enough to worm and get back in condition. As long as you have plenty of grass, cheap silage and or hay you can get the cattle back in condition, get a calf or two out of them and because they gain weight and condition you will most of the time sell them after one or two calves for more than you paid for them. In my experience Charolais bulls clean up a calf crop better than any other breed, they take the spots off of cracker, longhorn and holstein crosses and the ear and leather off of Brahma crosses. Having some longhorn and or cracker blood in momma cows makes them tougher, more feed efficient, less susceptible to parasites and more aggressive towards dogs and coyotes.
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