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<blockquote data-quote="Alberta farmer" data-source="post: 616186" data-attributes="member: 8978"><p>I'll try. 130 cows.</p><p>Pasture costs: I rent one 55 acre pasture from an old neighbor. No fertilizer. Spot spray the weeds. I maintain the fence, he paid for posts the first year as the fence was poor. $1800/year. 20 pairs and one bull in June 1 out Oct 1...122 days cost a bit over 70 cents per cow per day. So I'll base my pasture costs at that.</p><p>Try to only feed 150 days a year, use stockpiled grass to extend grazing season as long as possible.</p><p>Feed 26 lbs. of hay a day and all the good two row barley straw(with chaff saver laid on top of rows) they desire. Feed everything on the ground over a large area...usually the area to be stockpiled the next year. Left over straw is bedding. Have a fair bit of willow brush for windbreaks.</p><p>Hay usually is 3 cents a pound. Straw about 1.5 cents a pound(not sure as it is my own straw). Costs about $23/cow/year for tractor cost for winter feeding. I buy almost all of my hay and figure I get the tractor cost returned in fertilizer value!</p><p>Salt/mineral works out to about $15/head/year. Vet costs are blackleg vaccine and IBR/BVD shot about $3.</p><p>Hardly ever use a vet....last visit was three years ago.</p><p>No fly control. No hormones. No wormers. Never saw a problem.</p><p>No mortgage. No loans.</p><p>Try to replace one bull a year. Used to save a couple of AI calves every year but have gotten lazy and now purchase from a local Angus breeder.</p><p>Keep all calves on Momma until about March 1 and then onto good hay until May 1st when they go out on a pasture that wasn't grazed very heavy in the fall. Sell them in late August/early September.</p><p>Calve in May/June on grass. About a 70 day calving season. Anything that doesn't have a calf, no excuses, goes to town. Anything that doesn't get bred in 70 days goes to town...no excuses.</p><p>Keep my own replacements. Probably cheaper to buy in replacements but I like to keep my own as I know what they will do.</p><p>Could run a lot more cows on my landbase but rent out some for crop share and don't like to eat the grass down too hard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alberta farmer, post: 616186, member: 8978"] I'll try. 130 cows. Pasture costs: I rent one 55 acre pasture from an old neighbor. No fertilizer. Spot spray the weeds. I maintain the fence, he paid for posts the first year as the fence was poor. $1800/year. 20 pairs and one bull in June 1 out Oct 1...122 days cost a bit over 70 cents per cow per day. So I'll base my pasture costs at that. Try to only feed 150 days a year, use stockpiled grass to extend grazing season as long as possible. Feed 26 lbs. of hay a day and all the good two row barley straw(with chaff saver laid on top of rows) they desire. Feed everything on the ground over a large area...usually the area to be stockpiled the next year. Left over straw is bedding. Have a fair bit of willow brush for windbreaks. Hay usually is 3 cents a pound. Straw about 1.5 cents a pound(not sure as it is my own straw). Costs about $23/cow/year for tractor cost for winter feeding. I buy almost all of my hay and figure I get the tractor cost returned in fertilizer value! Salt/mineral works out to about $15/head/year. Vet costs are blackleg vaccine and IBR/BVD shot about $3. Hardly ever use a vet....last visit was three years ago. No fly control. No hormones. No wormers. Never saw a problem. No mortgage. No loans. Try to replace one bull a year. Used to save a couple of AI calves every year but have gotten lazy and now purchase from a local Angus breeder. Keep all calves on Momma until about March 1 and then onto good hay until May 1st when they go out on a pasture that wasn't grazed very heavy in the fall. Sell them in late August/early September. Calve in May/June on grass. About a 70 day calving season. Anything that doesn't have a calf, no excuses, goes to town. Anything that doesn't get bred in 70 days goes to town...no excuses. Keep my own replacements. Probably cheaper to buy in replacements but I like to keep my own as I know what they will do. Could run a lot more cows on my landbase but rent out some for crop share and don't like to eat the grass down too hard. [/QUOTE]
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