I didn't want to hijack another thread, so I thought I would address my question here. In another thread, it was mentioned that if a cow loses a calf, one might as well sell her because all profit is gone, and it was mentioned that it would cost $1100 to keep a cow two years, which would be $550 a year.
I assume that is an average figure that has been calculated at some point, but it doesn't take that much per cow at my house. What goes into that figure? Is it items directly related to the cow, like hay, feed, and mineral, or is it overall farm expenses divided by the number of cows?
I assume that is an average figure that has been calculated at some point, but it doesn't take that much per cow at my house. What goes into that figure? Is it items directly related to the cow, like hay, feed, and mineral, or is it overall farm expenses divided by the number of cows?