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<blockquote data-quote="mobgrazer" data-source="post: 616070" data-attributes="member: 9043"><p>Well I'll start since it was my idea.</p><p></p><p>Location- 80 miles southwest of Roanoke, VA</p><p>Feed lot, breeder, both, ext- breeder, feed out my own, don't buy cows</p><p>Marketing style- direct sell grouped by semi load</p><p>Specialty market- grass feed, natural, mob grazer</p><p></p><p>Cost per head / day…</p><p>Winter cost, hay, grain feeding, supplement cost- stock piled pasture $? Will give hay if cold or wet $.50</p><p>Spring cost, on pasture, supplement cost- pasture $?</p><p>Summer cost, on pasture, supplement cost- pasture $?</p><p>Fall cost, on pasture, supplement cost- pasture $?</p><p>Weaning cost- $.75 to 1.10 depending on grain cost. Mix listed below</p><p>Feed out cost and what you use- pasture</p><p></p><p>Supplements used… minerals, salt, kelp, ext.</p><p>free choice salt </p><p>free choice minerals 2 different mixes </p><p></p><p>Fly control… mineral mix, ear tags, ext.</p><p>mineral mix</p><p></p><p>Worm control… shot, feed, ext.</p><p>3 shots a year</p><p></p><p>Bedding wind control.</p><p>The have some trees they know how to huddle to stay worm.</p><p></p><p>Other important info…</p><p></p><p>Weaning mix; 6 tons cheap weaning mix, 8 tons shredded pasture grass, 6 tons first cut alfalfa, 100 lbs mineral mix, 100 lbs salt, and make a slug using 100lbs of kelp, 30 lbs of old sugar, and a few handfuls of ground vitamins. I have the hay grinder but the mixer cost me 2 bails of alfalfa to use for a morning. I store mix in bunk and some feed wagons. Fed in creep feeder.</p><p></p><p>Grow and sell alfalfa and some unneeded pasture grass.</p><p></p><p>Cost to keep cows on pasture has too many variables to put a cost on. I do not irrigate and put down lime and fertilizer if I can find a good deal. Drinking water is piped in using gravity.</p><p></p><p>Sell a few bulls but not many.</p><p></p><p>AI 100 every few years for new genetics</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mobgrazer, post: 616070, member: 9043"] Well I’ll start since it was my idea. Location- 80 miles southwest of Roanoke, VA Feed lot, breeder, both, ext- breeder, feed out my own, don’t buy cows Marketing style- direct sell grouped by semi load Specialty market- grass feed, natural, mob grazer Cost per head / day… Winter cost, hay, grain feeding, supplement cost- stock piled pasture $? Will give hay if cold or wet $.50 Spring cost, on pasture, supplement cost- pasture $? Summer cost, on pasture, supplement cost- pasture $? Fall cost, on pasture, supplement cost- pasture $? Weaning cost- $.75 to 1.10 depending on grain cost. Mix listed below Feed out cost and what you use- pasture Supplements used… minerals, salt, kelp, ext. free choice salt free choice minerals 2 different mixes Fly control… mineral mix, ear tags, ext. mineral mix Worm control… shot, feed, ext. 3 shots a year Bedding wind control. The have some trees they know how to huddle to stay worm. Other important info… Weaning mix; 6 tons cheap weaning mix, 8 tons shredded pasture grass, 6 tons first cut alfalfa, 100 lbs mineral mix, 100 lbs salt, and make a slug using 100lbs of kelp, 30 lbs of old sugar, and a few handfuls of ground vitamins. I have the hay grinder but the mixer cost me 2 bails of alfalfa to use for a morning. I store mix in bunk and some feed wagons. Fed in creep feeder. Grow and sell alfalfa and some unneeded pasture grass. Cost to keep cows on pasture has too many variables to put a cost on. I do not irrigate and put down lime and fertilizer if I can find a good deal. Drinking water is piped in using gravity. Sell a few bulls but not many. AI 100 every few years for new genetics [/QUOTE]
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