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The stocking rate here, on Bahia grass, April - October, is 1.5 - 2 units per acre. I rent part of my acreage to a peanut farmer in exchange for $150 per acre. I use this $150 per acre to purchase hay at $30 per roll. Plus I roll 700 or so bales of Coastal Bermuda hay each Summer. I typically...

I am now 47 years old. When I graduated high school in 1987 I received around $1,000 cash in graduation gifts. I added $400 I saved by bagging groceries at the local Piggly Wiggly grocery store. I spent the approximate $1,400 at the local sale barn on three heavy bred heifers. I borrowed my...

Hereford, or Black Hereford Bull. IMO you'll wear out your computer and your pick up truck trying to find better mamas.

A neighbor, and good friend, of mine had a brangus heifer get out and come across the creek, about a half mile, to one of my pastures. She stayed there 4 years, in spite of me constantly telling my friend he needed to come get her, she never had a calf. I finally took her to the stockyard. She...

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Bred cows. But if you stumble across a thin steer that doesn't have a snotty nose pick him up too, he'll make you some money if you can get him fat without spending a lot. Even poor cows that are not bred. That good grass you have will make you some money on hungry stock. Good luck!

You have to get one that's really young, just weaned, and immediately put it with your cows. The donkey must be raised with the cows in order to care enough to protect the herd. The donkey protecting the cows theory does work, but you can't just throw a grown jack out there and expect him to...

While my cousin has been "in" for many years, he recently invested more money in his herd by almost doubling it from 60 Mamas to 117. He purchased 57 purebred (not registered) 3-6 years old in September for $78,500. After attending the auction in Opp, AL on November 19th he finds his investment...