“I want to raise cattle for a profit.”

“I want to raise cattle, and I want to make a profit at it.”

That’s what I told my family 18 months ago. It caused some confusion because I came from a desk job in the retail marketing industry (which is still my full time job).

Looking back, I think the fact that I had no experience in agriculture was more of a help than a hindrance. I believe what the Bible says in Phil. 2:13: “it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.” The Lord gave me a desire, and He is also giving me creative opportunities to grow my farm business.

Here is a video I made sharing some of the ways I have diversified marketing for farm income this year:

-the Shepherdess

“So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.” 1 Corinthians 3:7