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<blockquote data-quote="JJColvin" data-source="post: 1787068" data-attributes="member: 38831"><p>I have only a small herd after retiring early and I must be what's called a hobby farmer because my only profit is what I eat. But I'm having a great time and spend a lot of time collecting data and breaking it down for comparisons. I've looked closely at hay consumption and feeding out of rings I've found that a 900-1000# Angus cow will eat 40#s of high quality hay (14% Bermuda) with approximately 5#s of that wastage. My purchased bales from the same supplier each year weigh 950 - 1000#s so that's 25 days to a bale. 4 years ago I bought a winters worth of bad hay and they fed at a rate of 36 days to the bale. That was 27#s per day and I had to supplement with some grain. Now I pay $.05 a lb ($50 a bale) for hay so my cows are eating almost exactly $2.00 worth of hay a day X 5 months or 150 days is $300 per year. So every calf dropped already has a $300 price tag on him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JJColvin, post: 1787068, member: 38831"] I have only a small herd after retiring early and I must be what’s called a hobby farmer because my only profit is what I eat. But I’m having a great time and spend a lot of time collecting data and breaking it down for comparisons. I’ve looked closely at hay consumption and feeding out of rings I’ve found that a 900-1000# Angus cow will eat 40#s of high quality hay (14% Bermuda) with approximately 5#s of that wastage. My purchased bales from the same supplier each year weigh 950 - 1000#s so that’s 25 days to a bale. 4 years ago I bought a winters worth of bad hay and they fed at a rate of 36 days to the bale. That was 27#s per day and I had to supplement with some grain. Now I pay $.05 a lb ($50 a bale) for hay so my cows are eating almost exactly $2.00 worth of hay a day X 5 months or 150 days is $300 per year. So every calf dropped already has a $300 price tag on him. [/QUOTE]
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