how much? : LUSENET : Countryside : One Thread  I'm thinking of
raising a beef next year and have 1acre pasture and about 1 acre
hay. My other half would like to know the monetary damage this
will cause i.e. feed/vet bills before I jump into it. i would
like to grass feed as much as possible but realize some corn
would be nice towards end. Would buy bull calf (jersey/holstien
cross) in spring and raise thru next spring and slaughter in
fall. I know there has been a lot on this site about cost, but
maybe not asked in such a way. Thanks very muich for help!  --
Dean Graber (, April 28, 2002   Dean, no expert here but at home
we butcherd our beef steers the same fall after they were born.
Don't know if this is the usual or not. Is there a particular
reason to keep it over the winter? Curious. LQ  -- Little
Quacker (, April 28, 2002.  Ok .. Just read your post and think
i may be able to throw a bit of light on the subject, and maybe
offer a few hints if i may.  It might be worth you purchasing a
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