OK. Two cows: well, one cow and one bull, so that the farm is truly self-sufficient. Two cows eat something like 72,000 lbs of food per year. If we assume grazing will provide some portion of that amount for part of the year, let's say we need 7 months at 42,000 lbs. Throw in extra for the wintering of chickens and the acreage needs to look something like:
4 acres corn
4 acres wheat
4 acres soybeans
4 acres alfalfa
0 acres straw (by-product of wheat)
1 acre forage
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