Yes. Two acres does not a rancher make. It will be a fine lot if one has some other source of free feed he can toss out every day. Even then, those two acres will be stripped down to bare soil.
One could maybe run a critter off of two acres if he could lot it elsewhere and harvest a couple cuttings of hay from his acerage. Figure they will consume 3% (dry weight of feed) of their weight on a daily basis. So a 500 pounder gets 15 lbs of dry hay on a daily basis, and that's assuming they will consume it all, which they won't because there are the refusal portions.
Hit up a local beef/dairy extension agent for advice on alternative feeds like brewery or cannery waste.
Last edited by 1minute; 12/28/14.
