Adding another parcel to the farm..

[Sampson]

I just signed a contract to purchase the farm next door. I am looking at a couple of options to help pay for itself.

The easiest would be getting it back into a government program, but I think I could possibly earn a bit more leasing it to a local farmer to run cattle on.

Anyone have experience leasing land for cattle?

Any issues or things I should be aware of with leasing it out?

I have never leased any of my land out before and I am looking for suggestions.


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[MarkDarvin]

I don't know anything about leasing cattle, but I do know they can be a great tool for habitat management. If you have some invasive crap, send in the cows and let them eat and trample it.

 

[Mennoniteman]

I say lease it and make your investment pay. Require the farmer to pay the rent up front, and you may want to ask him if he has liability insurance in case the cattle break out and run in front of a car.

 

[MattJK]

Document it is grazing lease only. If it was me, I'd also expect some rotation and limitations on timing of cattle in hunt able areas.

 

[buckdeer1]

Usually on cattle they run them after spring green up until around Oct and most of the time pay a flat rate or by cow/calf pair.Unless you are buying alot of grass I wouldn't expect a lot for grazing rights.You could get more if you had area and facilities to keep cattle all winter.You can make alot more out of crop land. We see around 600.00 for 25 acres of pasture

 

[Sampson]

Good suggestions, thanks for the advice. I’ll Look into it a bit more then I’ll see if or what the government program would pay annually. Of course, I’ll go with whichever pays the most.


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[buckdeer1]

Some states will pay you to not graze or to fence off areas so they can't graze be sure and check on that

 

[Baker]

Lots of ways to construct a cattle lease.We lease cattle rights on several pastures for year round grazing. We dictate the number of animal units per acre. i.e i cow per 65 acres. we also dictate rotational grazing with mandatory rest periods on pastures.We have the right to demand all cattle be removed if drought conditions begin to compromise vegetation. We have in writing there will be no interfering with hunting . That is main detail and has worked well for us. Key is to have a good cattleman.

No question in my mind cattle CAN be and effective habitat tool used properly. Look at some of the Savory stuff to learn more how cattle can help habitat if interested.

 

[T-Max]

As has been said, be specific about how many and how long. We see rented pastures around here that get absolutely ABUSED!


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[Sampson]

Thanks Baker, I like what you all have done with your place and I will look into using them for management. I am always willing to learn something new.




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[Sampson]

As has been said, be specific about how many and how long. We see rented pastures around here that get absolutely ABUSED!


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T-max, I have seen many around here that are over grazed and abused, I certainly don’t want that for my place. Mesquite and ERC trees dominate the overgrazed pastures here.


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[Sampson]

Some states will pay you to not graze or to fence off areas so they can't graze be sure and check on that

If I go with the government program it will be the same, unless they declare a state of emergency under drought conditions. Only then can it be grazed or cut and baled for hay usage.


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