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Future Farm Management and Outlook

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Dream of owning a farm? Can you earn a living with cattle? Surprised?

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Having sold 15 animals, the farm's current herd size is more manageable, addressing previous overgrazing issues in certain paddocks. The plan includes continuously breeding the cattle, with 9 new calves already born this year. The income from sales will support further farm development. The farmer acknowledges criticism about not cutting his own hay, explaining that investing in hay-making equipment (over $120,000) is not financially sensible when buying hay is more cost-effective. He emphasizes that profit comes from managing resources wisely, including the social media aspect of his farm operation, which helps share knowledge and experiences.

Goal: The farmer discusses future strategies for optimizing herd size and pasture management to maximize profitability and ensure sustainable growth of the farm.

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$160,000 think about it so guys I didn't want to take any cows to the market our numbers were too big we were overgrazing our land this section of pasture is overgrazed and it's what I'm calling a sacrifice Paddock what we're going to do here is we're going to roll out two bales of hay to the cows they're going to put down that good butt fertilizer we're going to continue to breed with our breeding program we sold off 15 animals we had 50 four and now we're back up we just had our ninth calf for the year so you think about this each calf is going to bring somewhere between $750 and $1,000 we've got around 32 mama cows right now 32 times about 700 to 1,000 bucks is as much as $32,000 of money that will come out of this land every single year what people need to understand is it takes Seasons to start earning a profit on a farm this Farm is brand new and we're learning as we go and I hope you guys learned a little bit today that's how much money I took home our average price 800 bucks per head if we had 10 babies that's 8,000 we had 20 babies that's 16,000 guys farming can be profitable but it takes a couple years to do it that's what we got at the cattle market prices fluctuate they go up they go down so we'll see what happens in the fall thank you guys so much please hit that like button subscribe to the channel Channel I just thought I would share this with you another huge part of the operation here is the social media end of our farm operation so not only do I show you how to farm but we're wrenching on stuff we're working on trucks we're working on tractors we're trying out new tools and that's a huge part of the profitability on the farm however the cattle have to be able to earn a profit and stand on their own two feet the other week I did a video about selling off cows and everybody just hammered me you need to get rid of a equipment you need to get rid of trucks you need to get rid of tractors you need to get rid of this we're talking about cows cattle and Profit the farm is virtually built and now it's time that they earn if they don't earn then I need to come up with ideas in my head to make this more successful thank you guys so much I hope this helps you in your decision-making process if you decide you want to start farming or ranching just like this take care have a great day we'll see you next time on the Stony Ridge woo come on down

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