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Anybody measure how much their cows eat?
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<blockquote data-quote="djinwa" data-source="post: 930481" data-attributes="member: 8265"><p>Perhaps a dumb question, but what the heck.</p><p></p><p>I read people saying how their cow raised a whopper of a calf, and my first question is, at what cost.</p><p></p><p>Profit equals revenue minus expenses. It is easy to count the revenue when you sell calves, but how do you know what the cow cost?</p><p></p><p>A few years ago at the fair, I was talking to a guy with a very thick murray gray cow. He was praising her, but at the end he said, "But, boy, she sure eats alot!"</p><p></p><p>Which got me to thinking about the cost of muscle on a cow. Muscle burns alot of calories, which is why they say you want to keep your muscle mass up to avoid gaining fat.</p><p></p><p>So how do you know your best looking cows aren't your most expensive to keep if you don't know how much they eat?</p><p></p><p>I read of bull feed tests, but what about cows?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djinwa, post: 930481, member: 8265"] Perhaps a dumb question, but what the heck. I read people saying how their cow raised a whopper of a calf, and my first question is, at what cost. Profit equals revenue minus expenses. It is easy to count the revenue when you sell calves, but how do you know what the cow cost? A few years ago at the fair, I was talking to a guy with a very thick murray gray cow. He was praising her, but at the end he said, "But, boy, she sure eats alot!" Which got me to thinking about the cost of muscle on a cow. Muscle burns alot of calories, which is why they say you want to keep your muscle mass up to avoid gaining fat. So how do you know your best looking cows aren't your most expensive to keep if you don't know how much they eat? I read of bull feed tests, but what about cows? [/QUOTE]
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