Cattle Talk

	Subject: Is there money in cattle?
	Posted by: Farmerpete2400
	Date: Posted 9/21/08
	Message: [4329.1]

I plan on eventually going in to farming sometime in a few years (I live in Central IL). I have mainly considered doing crops (corn,soybeans). I have some land that my dad ones and I know some possible renters. I was wondering it I could raise some cattle also. I have access to some hay land but would probably have more later. I have been told that there is no money in cattle, but I was wondering if it could be done. I was planing on having feeders (correct me If I am wrong, I know more about crops then cows.) which I would raise to market weight. If I had the land, hay, and corn for the later part of their feeding time, could I make it work. As I said before I do not know very much about cattle, but I plan on doing some more research and seeing what my possibilities are. I mainly am looking at this as a way to diversify my operation, so it would be more then just a hobbie.

Thank you

I hope I did not sound like an idiot, but I would just like someone else's opinion.

Farmer Pete

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If you are interested in a relatively...	farmefred46	9/21/08	6:03:29 AM
good advice take it slow while you le...	knowall	9/22/08	1:39:00 PM
I know probably less about feeding ca...	wicksfield	9/22/08	12:38:10 PM
$6 a small square for hay wow------de...	farmefred46	9/22/08	3:29:27 PM
i think its smart not to put all your...	dagwood491591	9/22/08	1:17:23 PM
I would first like to thank you all f...	Farmerpete2400	9/22/08	10:35:54 PM
This is funny bc on the crop page we'...	NoTill1825	9/23/08	7:03:17 AM
Since you don't know very much about ...	zman343	9/23/08	10:30:30 AM
I disagree to a point Zman, weve made...	ahay68979	9/26/08	10:10:00 PM
Thanks for the good input here. It mo...	John R. Walter	9/25/08	3:23:45 PM
I am a small hobby cow/calf producer ...	NC Cattle	9/26/08	7:54:58 AM
A good CORE feed base for cattle is Y...	rightone	9/26/08	5:23:42 PM
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