Would depend on how much pasture you have available, and what the climate is. On small farms in MN, we would need to use rotational grazing, which requires labor to move the herd and more fencing. Finishing cattle on grass in November & December gets difficult in the snow. Could calve earlier in the year to finish earlier, but then I have to build a barn for winter calving, etc.
Pasture may be cheaper than corn if the land is paid for, but a different story if you have to buy land. Also its a better business decision to rent out crop land for $90/acre to grain farmers then buy feed, instead of letting it go to grass. I can finish a steer for two months on $60 of purchased corn/mineral feed. Five steers is $300 in feed. How much would it cost me per year for more land to keep them rotated on grass? If I kept 10 acres from the renters and used it for pasture, I'd lose $900 in income and still probably not gain enough pasture for wintering.
There's no expense to bale hay? Really. I must be doing something wrong, because I keep having to spend money on things like gas & diesel for the tractors, parts for baler & swather, twine, $150/bag alfalfa seed, beer for the help.
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