How many acres do you need per cow?

Answer 1

This is highly dependent on location, pasture health and forage quantity, the size and weight of the cow, climate, soil health and vegetation. Each area/location has a different stocking rate over the other, and often a rule of thumb of "at least 2 acres" may not be sufficient, especially in those areas where you can rotationaly graze cattle (having grazing pressure of 50 animals per 2 acres for every 12 hours, for instance), or in an area where you can only have 1 cow calf pair for every 25 acres.