how hard is it to have a farm?

Question

Me and my family are planing to have a farm .. we have about 9 acers and we are going to split up it in half. one side is highlander cattle. and the other is sheep and goats. Now we have raised animals befor we have chickens and a horse turkeys and stuff but is it hard to make a living with with live stalk? hopefully with our sheep and horse we will have another horse too so we can have a buggie.. again is it hard to have and make money at a farm

Answer 1

Farming is one of the most difficult and most unappreciated businesses these days. I also am planning to go into farming, but for produce. I suggest selling free range and organic, then marking your prices up, and educating your products to local communities as to why it is better and why it tastes better. Then you can get customers to buy a "subscription" to your farm and they can come once a week or twice a month to pick up meat and you will have constant returning customers and a community investing in your business. This is a great way to be satisfied with your work and make sure you get enough return for your hard working out put. Good luck with it all!

Answer 2

Yes, being on a farm is extremely hard work - and when you are in the farming business - it is basically like the stock market - prices for cattle, wool and any other type of product you want to produce will flucuate a lot. Good luck because farming is dying and without farmers we wouldn't have food. So farming is really rewarding and you have freedom to do a lot of different jobs - however getting away from the farm for a vacation will be difficult because you would need a dependable worker to look after the place when you are gone. GOOD LUCK and God bless

Answer 3

Farms todasy are all controlled by mega conglomr=erates generally and they work on huge volume and slim margins . There is a chicken farm about 50 miles from me and at last count he had 2 million chickens and hens . Give you an idea what you are up against ?????? Afriend of mine in texas has a farm with 3,000 cattle and he is known as a small recreational farm .

Answer 4

There are way too many factors to give you a good answer from what you have said. It will depend on your property, your method of raising the animals, and your local market. The good news is there is about a ton of info on the web. Use dogpile or another good search engine and don't pay for any information. Bear down on the info that is put out by state aggro agencies and by universities. Avoid taking advise from anyone who has anything to sell. Take all advise (including mine) with a large grain of salt. Remember that proper preparation prevents Pisss poor performance.

Answer 5

9 acres is not enough. in order to maintain a working population of vcattle you need at least 100 cattle. 1 cattle needs 1 acre of grazing;. So you need 100 cattle to actually get by and be prosperous. There is a lot involved here and you need to do your math. You are on a path for absolute failure.

Answer 6

You will never make very much money with 9 acres. You need more like 100 acres. Your best bet to make good money with land like that is to forget the livestock and open up a plant nursery. Put up a couple of greenhouses and heal in a bunch of trees and shrubs. Find a good supplier and get a Bobcat to move things around.