How many acres do I need ?

OneFineAcre

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Latestarter I hope this explains what I was saying.
There are farmers that raise grass cows for beef only on 1 acre per cow. If they had to do anywhere from 5-50 acres per cow each farmer would only have 5-6 cows. Yes the guy that raises the 2 cows 2 goats 2 sheep 2 pigs and 50 chickens does supplement some feed. He has the pasture in paddocks. The pasture is split into 6 paddocks. He runs the cows goats and sheep thru one, then he puts the chickens to eat all the bugs and spread the manure around, next goes in the the manure form the barn into the pasture then the pigs go in and mix it together, then they spread grass seed and give it a 3 week rest and then the grass is tall and green again. And the the process starts all over again with the next paddocks.
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