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[carterj1998]

How so you get started on making a living on beef farming?

[solsikkefarms]

sorry, couldn't resist.

[montysky]

1. Buy good seed-stock 2. learn to A.I and get a good clean up/mop up Bull 3. find a Rancher that will take you under his/her wing or read a lot 4. know what your land will carry and back off 10-20 percent 5. know how to fix your equipment and doctor your stock or have a big wallet. 6. a lot of time you will break even or lose some, some years you will make a little and like now you can make money hand over fist take most of it to the bank. 7. buy used 8. a good Horse is worth its' weight in gold. I also have a few hundred acres in row crops and some in grass it is cheaper here to buy hay than grow it after going over the numbers. Good Luck

[MO_cows]

Have good fences, pens and some kind of restraint, preferably a chute, before you bring home any cattle. You might want to get your feet wet with stockers before you try a cow/calf. Get some experience, maybe a part time job or offer to help out a neighbor to learn how to move cattle.

[aoconnor1]

Ask a local rancher to let you work for free on his place and learn a little about the operation of running cattle before you jump in. I should have done that, wish I had done that! Learning the hard way is, well, hard! Read everything you can about raising cattle. And then you can make an informed decision based on what you have learned as to whether you want to pursue the cattle business.

[Allen W]

Knowledge, working for a cattle man will help you learn husbandry practices. Setting in a sale barn on a regular basis will teach you about seasonal markets and demand. It will also improve your knowledge of cattle over all by seeing different types come through.

[idigbeets]

don't buy cattle right now... first off.