Regarding the cattle, do some research to see how much you have to spend to keep those 2 or 3 alive. Feed and hay everyday during the winter months, de-worming, vaccines, possible vet bills, etc. First you will have to have sufficient fencing: 4 wire barbed wire, 4 boarded fence, or electric. I fully respect anyone wanting to get into it but it's hard to encourage it when you know what's involved. The bright side is you should be able to write off your property on taxes as agricultural. If you seriously want to get into it then i can put you to work on one for a weekend or two or whatever and let you experience it first hand before you commit.

Quote Originally Posted by dereksi
None and nope.
I can't say i lived off farming bc my "mother" had a fulltime job as a source of income but do know families that did. I spend 15 years with 30 to 40 cows, 30+ acres of hay, 80+ acres of field corn, 5 acres of sweet corn (picked by hand only), etc...making a gross profit of maybe $2,000 per year. The net profit was high, but you have to spend a tremendous amount of money working your ass nearly 365 days a year just to break even.