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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 976891" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>Dairy and beef may both have "cows" but they are two very different businesses. Capital requirements are probably much higher with dairy than in many beef operation types.</p><p></p><p>If you start dairy now I would look for a niche marketing means such as "organic". Large scale conventional dairy operations have very low unit costs and will likely put you out of business quickly if you are in direct competition. </p><p></p><p>Beef has a number of different options. Cow/calf especially lends it self to smaller, maybe startup operations. I read somewhere that the feeders in this country come from herds which average only around 50 cows. i suspect the current average conventional (non organic) dairy herd size (and capital requirements) is much much larger.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p><p></p><p>Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 976891, member: 7509"] Dairy and beef may both have "cows" but they are two very different businesses. Capital requirements are probably much higher with dairy than in many beef operation types. If you start dairy now I would look for a niche marketing means such as "organic". Large scale conventional dairy operations have very low unit costs and will likely put you out of business quickly if you are in direct competition. Beef has a number of different options. Cow/calf especially lends it self to smaller, maybe startup operations. I read somewhere that the feeders in this country come from herds which average only around 50 cows. i suspect the current average conventional (non organic) dairy herd size (and capital requirements) is much much larger. Good luck. Jim [/QUOTE]
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