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Transportation Shrink in Beef Cattle
Steve Boyles
Ohio Beef Cattle Letter
A better understanding of factors affecting shrink should help buyers and sellers of cattle to arrive at a fair pencil shrink under specific marketing conditions.
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If you are a money minded person you might be searching for other ways to extra money, farming cows for income is an alternative business you can get into. They have great returns of investment especially in the winter seasons.
One easy way of making money from farming cattle is by cattle flipping. When cattle flipping, you buy cheap cattle, give them food so they put on weight then sell them at a higher price.
The first thing to do is to buy the cows from auctions, livestock magazines or even online. Search for raised or feeder calves that are less costly and free from illnesses. To make sure the cattle are not sick, try purchasing them from a reputable owner.
The next thing is to prepare for your cows, the things you need to get ready are shelter, pasture, hay, water and other feeds.
When starting out try to be sure to reduce your expenses. As for housing you may go for simple windbreakers instead of expensive barns. Once your livestock start making you money you can then build bigger shelters for them.
When it comes to water ensure that you have more then enough for them. A single cow may drink around 12 gallons of clean water every day. You can build water troughs for your cows to drink clean water from.
Most of the money you have ready in raising your cows needs to be invested in pasture. You also have to invest a lot on hay was well, hay helps a lot in the production of meat. Alfalfa works well for meat production.
Corn is recommended when it comes to feeding you livestock, cows just love corn and its great for fattening them up as well. The local feed mill can help in supplying you with well mixed corn. Or else you can buy cattle feeds from your local livestock store.
With these steps you sure will be on your way to raising healthy livestock for profits. Other thing you should do is get to know other livestock owners in your area and discover how they go about making income from their livestock.
