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Raising cattle can be a profitable business if you choose the right breeds for your climate and the amount of land you have.

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Although I tend not to talk a lot about them, we actually do have 2 cows as part of our family. I may have briefly mentioned that when in the posts on homemade teat wash for cows and also how to raise cows for beef. Any who, in today's post we shall be looking at

Cattle mineral feeder

Inexpensive Feed Trough - might be able to double as a duck pond? Or make a run or moat of these?

Since we got a tractor and can actually move a round bale without use of PVC pipe as rollers and only the strength of Chuck's back, he has been experimenting with making hay feeders. He's made some pretty good feeders for grass hay by the flake, and a commercial horse feeder works fine for the lespedeza because the large openings between the bars work fine with the tightly packed lespedeza stems. The round bales were a challenge, though. How to make a feeder the goats could get the hay out…

Do you have a farm or homestead with cattle? Save money by learning to make your own Homemade Cattle Mineral Feeder with repurposed and frugal materials.