I am getting my pasture in shape by clipping, fertilizing, and overseeding (see related thread 'pasture clipping').The pasture (about 30 - 40 acres) is now just carrying 7 horses and not making much. My thoughts are to improve the pasture and rent out for cow pasture. With a lot of cattle in the immediate area, my thoughts are to hopefully rent out to a neighbor in a sort of rotation scheme with the renters own pasture. My plan is allow the pasture to be eaten down, then remove the cows, clip, fertilize, allow for regrowth, then start all over! My question regards how much and how to charge. How is that figured and what options are there? I was thinking so much a head per week or so much per head per day. The how much as me puzzled. I thought about trying to determine how much average gain per day per head, then see how much that gain would sell for live weight, then maybe charge 1/2 that amount. Is that reasonable? Boy, I sure welcome any thoughts, plans, ideas, etc etc. Thanks
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