All the above is well-taken advice. A lot of what you are saying is why I intend to start small on my 3.25 acres first and do that for at least a few years before going larger. That will go a long ways to helping me nail down my numbers, routine, and expectations before I invest 'real' money into it.
A lot of my income expectation is based on raising a bit more of a speciality product, and marketing it directly rather than sending my livestock to the sale barn. We are just outside the city of Ottawa along one of the main commuting routes into the city from the south, so there's lots of exposure to commuters who may want real good, fresh steaks for the BBQ that night.
A longer term idea is to create a sales and marketing program similar to the Certified Angus Beef program for Dexter cattle. But that's well down the line.
My main concern eventually is finding land close enough to be workable. If I have to drive 15 minutes each way twice per day to tend to the cows, that adds a lot to the labour bill.
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