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<blockquote data-quote="canoetrpr" data-source="post: 743416" data-attributes="member: 4892"><p>Close to the city in horse country here, just hay is costing me ~350-400 dollars per head. I'm not going to add in the initial cost of fencing my streams, adding extra electric around my existing fences, an automatic waterer, a chute, pasture pipe for my rotational grazing system that I am going to install, manure spreader I am going to purchase ..... they cattle simply are not going to pay it back. Many of those things were optional though and if I was looking to save $ I could have done it on less.</p><p></p><p>I'm taking my dividend in pleasure. It was a beautiful evening today hanging out with my two cows and calf while they ate their hay.</p><p></p><p>I suspect ongoing expenses once I am up to 6 cows + a bull will be hay, vaccinations, some diesel for the tractor, annual overseeding costs. I'd estimate $800 per head not including depreciation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="canoetrpr, post: 743416, member: 4892"] Close to the city in horse country here, just hay is costing me ~350-400 dollars per head. I'm not going to add in the initial cost of fencing my streams, adding extra electric around my existing fences, an automatic waterer, a chute, pasture pipe for my rotational grazing system that I am going to install, manure spreader I am going to purchase ..... they cattle simply are not going to pay it back. Many of those things were optional though and if I was looking to save $ I could have done it on less. I'm taking my dividend in pleasure. It was a beautiful evening today hanging out with my two cows and calf while they ate their hay. I suspect ongoing expenses once I am up to 6 cows + a bull will be hay, vaccinations, some diesel for the tractor, annual overseeding costs. I'd estimate $800 per head not including depreciation. [/QUOTE]
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