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<blockquote data-quote="TexasBred" data-source="post: 575532" data-attributes="member: 6897"><p><strong>Dairy Cow Output = Milk measured by the gallon</strong></p><p><strong>Beef Cow/Calf Output = Beef measured by the pound</strong></p><p><strong>Beef Cow, No calf, No Milk Output = Energy measured by the kilowatt</strong></p><p></p><p>Dairy....(milk measured by hundred-weight) probably not one in 50 making a real living strictly from the farm even today...Milk prices often no higher than 25 years ago....very high input cost and very labor intensive.... at anytime in the future the probability of profitability will always be on the decline.</p><p></p><p><strong>Cow/Calf operation....Still get's my vote..</strong></p><p>Beef Cow, no calf, no milk....dead weight and must still be fed to be able to keep walking that treatmill. </p><p></p><p>Utilized properly the manure could well be the most valuable commodity long term commodity from any of the 3 choices and might actually increase the odds of their survival.</p><p></p><p>As mentioned above, there area already dairy operations utilizing the methane gas from manure on the farm. Others are using it for fertilizer. There are also companies who come out and remove manure from dairies, compost it then bag and sell it in large stores like WalMart...ever wonder how much manure is in one of those 99 cent bags of "cow manure" at WalMart??? Not much. ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasBred, post: 575532, member: 6897"] [b]Dairy Cow Output = Milk measured by the gallon Beef Cow/Calf Output = Beef measured by the pound Beef Cow, No calf, No Milk Output = Energy measured by the kilowatt[/b] Dairy....(milk measured by hundred-weight) probably not one in 50 making a real living strictly from the farm even today...Milk prices often no higher than 25 years ago....very high input cost and very labor intensive.... at anytime in the future the probability of profitability will always be on the decline. [b]Cow/Calf operation....Still get's my vote..[/b] Beef Cow, no calf, no milk....dead weight and must still be fed to be able to keep walking that treatmill. Utilized properly the manure could well be the most valuable commodity long term commodity from any of the 3 choices and might actually increase the odds of their survival. As mentioned above, there area already dairy operations utilizing the methane gas from manure on the farm. Others are using it for fertilizer. There are also companies who come out and remove manure from dairies, compost it then bag and sell it in large stores like WalMart...ever wonder how much manure is in one of those 99 cent bags of "cow manure" at WalMart??? Not much. ;-) [/QUOTE]
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