Hi all, I’m trying to persuade my father to get back into cattle. I’m back on the home farm and he would rather stand there and throw his money into the fire instead (he’s an old dairy boy so it’s understandable). We have converted the farm into industrial units and so have no sheds available for cattle. We have arable land rented to the local estate which I believe would lend itself to forage crop rotation and the incorporation of cattle onto the farm. I’d look to put in semi permanent lay back areas (woodchip base and straw probably) and mobile shelters able to be moved via telehandler with dry forage available (30% of their diet). To cut a long story short, what are peoples experiences of this financially and what are the major pitfalls? E.g. compaction, poor growth, unpredictable weather, etc. Alternatively has anybody had this work extremely well for their system. Thank you all.