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<blockquote data-quote="Rydero" data-source="post: 1665639" data-attributes="member: 38101"><p>Everything should count but...some expenses aren't single year expenses. If you buy something you'll have for 20 years it shouldn't really go all against one year's calf crop.</p><p></p><p>For simplicity sake I look at some things like hay expenses as a seperate enterprise, build a small profit into it, then when calculating costs for cattle I look at the hay as if I'm buying it. It's the best way I've found to know if I should be doing something like making hay. If I can buy it standing/rent land/seed land and put it up at a small profit and still get it cheaper than I can buy it then it's a good thing to do. </p><p></p><p>I look at yardage the same way. Tractor, me, small profit and fuel = so much per hour. That hourly rate incorporates all expenses for the tractor and is how I come up with my yardage and also goes into anything I do with the tractor (haying, land work etc). </p><p></p><p>If all these seperate enterprises can operate at a small profit the whole farm is sound and can withstand setbacks or the unexpected because I've "overcharged" myself a little all the way along. I can also objectively see if I should just buy hay, buy grain or chop silage etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rydero, post: 1665639, member: 38101"] Everything should count but...some expenses aren't single year expenses. If you buy something you'll have for 20 years it shouldn't really go all against one year's calf crop. For simplicity sake I look at some things like hay expenses as a seperate enterprise, build a small profit into it, then when calculating costs for cattle I look at the hay as if I'm buying it. It's the best way I've found to know if I should be doing something like making hay. If I can buy it standing/rent land/seed land and put it up at a small profit and still get it cheaper than I can buy it then it's a good thing to do. I look at yardage the same way. Tractor, me, small profit and fuel = so much per hour. That hourly rate incorporates all expenses for the tractor and is how I come up with my yardage and also goes into anything I do with the tractor (haying, land work etc). If all these seperate enterprises can operate at a small profit the whole farm is sound and can withstand setbacks or the unexpected because I've "overcharged" myself a little all the way along. I can also objectively see if I should just buy hay, buy grain or chop silage etc. [/QUOTE]
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