Consume Product

One alternative is to raise sheep. I bought a bred ewe who delivered in January. By October the same year her twins were fat and ready for slaughter. One cow eats the same as five ewes so sheep can better match the forage output of a small operation. Sheep being smaller also means you don't need expensive and dedicated equipment to handle them. For example, I have butchered several sheep myself and the meat can fit in a fridge freezer. You can lift a 100lb sheep carcass by hand, but 1000lb steer needs a strong building and a winch. So you'd typically take a steer to a butcher($) in a cattle trailer($) pulled by a truck($).