Philip, very interesting topic, I too am interested in cattle ranching. I would like to have a better understanding of the general startup requirements, or best practices if you will. Some of the areas I would like to be enlightened on are breeding, calf care, equipment, diseases, fencing, and heathcare. It seems that Gabe Hatfield was prepared to provide you with some recommendations, which may be beneficial to me as well, but you didn’t reply to his initial questions establishing a baseline. So for the sake of refreshing this topic, I will repost his questions.
How much land do you have and how many cattle do feel you can maintain? Note: please include land geography i.e. Mountains, Prairie, City (sarc)
Will this be a fulltime venture? Basically, are you doing this for income or do you envision this more of hobby side thing to dabble in.
If the objective is income, do you have a business plan? Beside purchasing the cattle, what initial startup sacrifices are you going to make? Do you have the resources or have you established financing?
Please provide a reply ASAP to refresh this most interesting topic.
