From Scratch Magazine website shares informational suggestions on how to raise cattle on a small amount of acreage.
Deciding to raise cattle is a big commitment with a lot of considerations such as space requirements, safety issues, nutrition, costs, devotion of time and fencing.
Self sufficiency on a homestead can take on many forms, such as raising livestock for a homegrown year round meat supply.
Click here to read the article:
http://www.fromscratchmag.com/raise-cattle-small-acreage/
Also here is a second article on the same subject from Mother Earth News:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/raising-your-own-beef-for-food-zmaz02amzgoe.aspx#axzz2iwt8aiyg