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Sunnyside, WA | Keep your current job, pay off all of your debt, then start putting a lot of money away. Once you have a good down payment on a herd of cows, buy the herd, rent a facility on your own, and buy your feed and hire your manure hauled. Raise your own heifer calves if possible, or at least until 6 months.
Being on either end of leasing cattle is a real loser for both parties. Most of the previous posts hit that already so I won't go on anymore. If you do find someone to lease you cow, as soon as she has a heifer calf, you are not getting the $1.50 per day anymore because you have to pay for the calf to be raised. Just save you money until you can buy your own herd that actually generates income and build equity. By leasing, you are only building equity with your offspring, and that's a 50/50 chance. Sexed semen isn't the silver bullet yet either.
Focus on cows and everything else will come with time. That means owning them, milking them, and taking care of them. | |
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Buying/Leasing Dairy Cattle
