Having grown up on a family farm in the Midwest, I question the author's statement that beef cattle are the easiest and most profitable livestock to raise. My father would often say he wished he were rich so he could afford to loose money raising cattle. He spoke from experience. We raised corn, soybean, and wheat with cattle, sheep, hogs, and chickens. Over the long haul the corn, soybeans, and hogs paid the mortgage. Everything else was just a hobby.
