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Originally Posted by MathGeek
Cool web site and operation. My wife and I owned a farm business in Ohio for a decade where we raised naturally fed beef, along with apples, grapes, and pears until the landowner sold the property. We couldn't quite manage the grass/hay production all 12 months to produce the quality beef we wanted, so we ended up growing turnips in the fall and feeding some corn also. Driving around south Louisiana, I often find myself salivating over the grass and thinking what a great place to raise grass fed beef.
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It tougher than you think to raise quality beef around here. You have to keep em gaining weight all year. In the middle of the summer the quality of the grass and the heat are tough obstacles to overcome. I don't try to grow my own hay i buy that from outside the farm.