Re: Advice for new farmers?

Posted by LAA on January 21, 2020 at 22:29:57 from (130.117.142.131):

In Reply to: Advice for new farmers? posted by Cowboy2005 on January 21, 2020 at 20:03:44:

Starting a cow calf herd with zero debt is achievable and the fact that you are starting young means you can be well established in young adulthood. The most important thing to remember is that it is the Bulls which make or break the cow calf enterprise, you can buy fancy cows but if they are bred to poor Bulls then it is all for naught. Learn about EPD's and decide what traits you want in your replacement females, when you decide on a breed and bloodline of bull that will give you the type of replacements your after then it is time to buy a bull, then you buy starter cows. Buy the cheapest pairs or heavy breds at the sale barn, it does not matter if they are mixed, longhorn, corriente, dairy or just plain ugly, the idea is to get a head start on income by having calves or calves coming and breeding the bull of your choice back to your lower quality cows. First cross sell all the steers and keep the best looking heifers, breed cows back to first bull if you are satisfied and look for another good bull to breed the first Bulls heifers, by the 3rd cross using good Bulls you will have heifers which cannot be distinguished from pure breds. This is the methods that my Grandfather used, My Father used, I used and both of my Sons used, none of us ever borrowed or owed a penny on a cow, top bulls do not cost, they make money. Depending on your area you may be able to rent land or if land is reasonably priced then buying land is the same, get some pasture, run cows, pay for land, get more cows and more land, use income from both sets of cows to pay for additional land as you go, concentrate on adding income producing cows. Last advice is to control your own product, develop a worming and vaccination program and document same, buyers will pay premiums for healthy calves, if the sale barns charge high commissions in your area then look into selling direct to feedlot or hauling the calves elsewhere, if replacement heifers sell well in your area look at developing and breeding your heifers to sell rather than for beef, if the buyers want black cattle give them black cattle, common sense things but ignored by many people.

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