Title: How to quit your job and start farming: Feat. Joel Salatin, Paul Grieve and David’s pasture. Source:
[None] URL Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dp-5YAQ4VM Published:Jan 2, 2021 Author:Justin Rhodes Post Date:2021-01-02 11:40:53 by A K A Stone Keywords:None Views:1603 Comments:6
My hay supplier has raised beef all his life. He's reduced his herds by 90%. His recent reply to me, "I can sell a yearling for only what I have in it, I'm getting out."
My suggestion? Keep your day job and buy a farmette. Just as much fun without the financial pressure.
Right again. I would add that the best reason for raising cattle right now is for personal food security.
My advice to my friends and family: if you have a couple of acres sitting idle, put a cow or two on it.
thinking you could successfully raise cattle on such small acreage
Don't tell that to my cows. They might get the idea that they deserve more land.
Two acres of reasonably decent grazing grass is more than enough for one cow and her calf.
Want to have fresh beef each year? Find yourself a healthy pregnant brood cow, about 5 years old with a good history of easy calving. After she calves, have her bred back by an AI service ($40). Put her out on an acre of grass and let her graze. She'll need about a half bale of hay per day supplement. More in the winter, of course. She will raise you a beef calf every year for at least another 5 years.
Mind you, I'm grazing multiple dairy cows, which require twice as much grass and hay. All on three acres of pasture.
