Selected Alternative Ranch Plans Developed by Small Groups

Selected Alternative Ranch Plans Developed by Small Groups

No Cows

·  Sell cows and bulls.

·  Raise wheat for grain (150 planted, 75 harvested)

·  Nov-May stocker steers at $2.50/cwt/month

·  Rent out grass ($5/acre)

·  Sell bluestem hay

Tallgrass Ranch Company

·  Hunting at $5/acre on native range

·  Delay calving until late April-June (2/3 reduction in purchased protein)

·  September weaning at 425 lb. average. Run 2 months on native grass and feed 1 pound of protein/day. Go to wheat

·  2% death loss

·  Quit feeding 704 pounds hay/cow

·  Run 71 stockers 450 pounds, 700pounds at sale (1.67 pounds/day, brahma x)

·  Don’t spray weeds

·  Sell 8 cows

·  Purchase fence at cost of $4,700

·  Sell hay equipment

Hunter’s Paradise

·  Sell cow herd, Ford, baler, swather, chisel and equipment

·  Rent out cropland at $40/acre

·  Fertilize grass for hay.

·  Don’t spray weeds

·  Custom swath and bale half of grass in strips and sell from field.

·  Lease grass to quail hunters for season at $5/acre. Lease pasture to 5 deer hunters for all season at $500/gun.

·  Sow wheat in pasture for deer in October - 299 acres, no fertilizer

·  Rusty takes off-farm job (gross pay = $1,500/month)

·  No stockers

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