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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 1575320" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>Yes</p><p>No</p><p></p><p>I prefer to calculate a cost per day for grazing on standing forage, and for wintering on stored feed, for figurin on cows. They are quite different numbers - - and having both allows you to do some what if estimates on changing stocking rates or changing length of grazing season or ... So for example if you add too many cows and then have a shorter grazing season and thus have to buy more hay - - your cost to carry has gone up. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></p><p></p><p>If you start comparing different classes of cattle - - I think you need to access how many acres have the appropriate forage quality first, then compare income per acre. So for example you could end up comparing the per acre income from 1 pair vs. 1.5 bred heifers vs. 2.0 stockers...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 1575320, member: 1715"] Yes No I prefer to calculate a cost per day for grazing on standing forage, and for wintering on stored feed, for figurin on cows. They are quite different numbers - - and having both allows you to do some what if estimates on changing stocking rates or changing length of grazing season or ... So for example if you add too many cows and then have a shorter grazing season and thus have to buy more hay - - your cost to carry has gone up. :o If you start comparing different classes of cattle - - I think you need to access how many acres have the appropriate forage quality first, then compare income per acre. So for example you could end up comparing the per acre income from 1 pair vs. 1.5 bred heifers vs. 2.0 stockers... [/QUOTE]
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