renting pasture
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kfacres
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In north western and western IL- prices for pasture land rental have been anywhere from $100 an acre to nearly $200- just depends on alot of factors and restrictions.
down towards the south part of the state, where the soil is poorer, one could find pasture to rent for $50 an acre from April 1 to Oct 1.
down towards the south part of the state, where the soil is poorer, one could find pasture to rent for $50 an acre from April 1 to Oct 1.
wiseguy
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What it is worth depends on a lot of factors. How much of that 60 is grass, trees, weeds, etc. Can you access all of the pasture by truck or is it to rough? Is there a corral for loading and unloading cattle? I would consider all of these things before I offered anything, but in central Illinois good pasture is $50/acre.
kfacres
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wiseguy said:
hopefully.. we get transferred somewhere in your direction- or further south... and i can find me some of that $50 pasture... A guy can make a little more money that way... <rock>
wiseguy
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There are two reasons pasture rent is cheap here. 1. It cant be farmed or it would be, and 2. No one has cows anymore so there is pasture to rent.
ALTSIMMY 79
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I agree a hundred bucks an acre is about fifty bucks too high. Used to rent ours out for around $40 an acre.
nck21
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We are in central Kansas by Salina and it is good grass. We pay 25-30 per acre on average.
kfacres
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hbcc said:
i don't pay it. but i know of people who do... The going rate on the place next to the place I'm living on is 125, but it's farmable.
CAB
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If the $100/acre will support 1 cow/acre & the $50/acre takes 2 acres/cow, then the $100/acre is actually cheaper per cow unit as it will cost 2 x the amount to take care of the $50 pasture such as spray & fert., ect. What I'm saying is that without looking @ each pasture you can't evaluate it on price per acre alone.
MSF
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We lost some pasture this year and are paying $225/pair for grass in western NE. They were bidding pasture ground to rent off this fall and it ended up going for $300/pair, which I don't understand how that pencils out if you want to want to make any money.
ploughshare
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Here is a spreadsheet to help you out.
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/html/c2-23.html
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/html/c2-23.html
Shady Lane
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The going rate in Western Canada seems to be $1/pair per day.
In my area they typically stock about 15 pairs per quarter section (160 acres).
In my area they typically stock about 15 pairs per quarter section (160 acres).
kfacres
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Shady Lane said:
that is poor dirt... roughly 10 acres a pair...
CAB
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Ah, here we go!!
Shady Lane
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Cut the BS said:
This is Short Grass Ranch Country. It's dry here, 12-14" of precipitation per year and about half of that comes frozen.
Native grasses need to be managed correctly and not overgrazed or the stand will be damaged.
Think of country similar to many parts of the Dakotas, Eastern Montana or Wyoming, similar landscapes except colder.
This is NOTHING like the Midwestern U.S Corn Country and subsequently the cattle have a significantly different phenotype, in many situations cattle will walk well over a mile for water.
Improved pastures, irrigated pastures and tame pastures have differing stocking rates.
Isn't that what a beef cow is for??? To utilise marginal lands, low quality forages and waste products and turn it into a valuable high quality protein source????
I'd like to know where in Northern Illinois you can rent pasture for $40.00/acre? We are in smack dab middle of Northern IL. and pasture ground is easily $100.00-$200.00 and thats if you can find it. In most cases the fences are shot and there are no corrals or water and the amount of acreage is not large >20 acres usually. Any large pasture doesn't come up for rent its at a premium here.
i live in dekalb county and have 45 acres in ogle county 20 minutes from the house 40 dollars an acre and have 40 acres in mchenry county 40 dollars an acre also have a pasture in lee county 40 dollars an acre yes it is hard to find so once you have it never let it go
kfacres
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Shady Lane said:
i fyou are worried about what you are speaking of here... why not rotational graze? Especially those warm seasons? Seems like a logical choice to me-- better management, more cow numbers...
aj
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We run 7-10 acres per pair for 7 months or whatever. Out here its not about soil it's about rain. We live near Goodland. Goodland and no rain as the great Ken Root once proclaimed.
