doby86 - 4/5/2024 15:08

Thanks guys. I think a consultant would be a good idea which I hadn’t considered. It takes 30 acres to run a cow where I’m at in a normal year if there is such a thing and about 40 acres in dry years, average rainfall 10 inches or so. As far as the precise area of Oklahoma, haven’t really zeroed in on anything. Just looking online there looks to be alot of nice places within an hour/ 90 minutes of Tulsa in about any direction. Would love to go spend a bunch of time there, but unfortunately the ranch keeps me pretty tied down. Have ranched here for 20 years, but changing things up is often the best path to continued success in my experience. Calving here is done from March-May. As expenses continue to skyrocket, it’s got my mind working and thinking about areas of the country that may potentially have lower overhead. Southeast Montana is inherently high overhead regardless of modern practices it seems, primarily due to feed and irrigation costs.