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Old 03/21/11, 09:01 PM
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Cattle or sheep?

I have 60 acres to use, pretty good pasture. All fencing will be put up by me, electric. Tell me why cattle are the way to go.
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Old 03/21/11, 09:10 PM
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What do you want to get out of them?
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Old 03/21/11, 10:03 PM
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What do you want to get out of them?
Profit.
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Old 03/21/11, 10:54 PM
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Personally, I'd run both if you have the capital to invest in seedstock. Both are selling pretty high right now so you might want to start small. Remember also not to overstock. Many a person with good intention has jumped into the business of grazing critters at the start of Spring when grass is growing thick and lush.

Try to stock at the point where your acreage can handle the critters you own in a time of bad drought. Then, with the leftover standing grass at the end of grazing season, you can fertilize with Nitrogen a day or so prior to the first hard freeze. The freeze will "lock" the nutrients above ground in the grasses and provide some good winter grazing that some call "standing hay".
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