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<blockquote data-quote="flbullrider" data-source="post: 94979" data-attributes="member: 1834"><p>Check with your state department of Ag's local county extension office - they have all the figures. They'll tell ya how many animal units per acre the area should sustain.</p><p></p><p>An animal unit is loosely defined as one 1,000 pound cow. A 1,500 pound cow is 1.5 AU. </p><p></p><p>Some states have a "chart", something like:</p><p></p><p>Horse: 2 AU</p><p>Slaughter/feeder cattle: 1AU</p><p>Milked cow: 1.5AU</p><p>Sheep: 0.1AU etc.</p><p></p><p>An animal unit month is how much forage one animal will need in a month. A 1,000 pound beef cow requires approximately 26 lbs of dry forage per day, for a total of 780lbs per month.</p><p></p><p>In our area of Florida, the Department of Agriculture publishes the figure at 4 acres per AU, one of the lowest in the country.</p><p></p><p>By comparison, Calhan/Yoder/Rush area of Colorado, is 10 ac/AU.</p><p></p><p>This doesn't mean you can only have 1 cow on 10 acres. It just means you'll have to supplement with hay/grain for each additional head you have.</p><p></p><p>I'd recommend the CowCulator from Oklahoma State University to run some numbers. You can get it at <a href="http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/exten/cowculator" target="_blank">http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/exten/cowculator</a></p><p></p><p>You'll need Microsoft Excel to run it.</p><p></p><p>Mike Bishop - <a href="http://www.flbullrider.com" target="_blank">http://www.flbullrider.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flbullrider, post: 94979, member: 1834"] Check with your state department of Ag's local county extension office - they have all the figures. They'll tell ya how many animal units per acre the area should sustain. An animal unit is loosely defined as one 1,000 pound cow. A 1,500 pound cow is 1.5 AU. Some states have a "chart", something like: Horse: 2 AU Slaughter/feeder cattle: 1AU Milked cow: 1.5AU Sheep: 0.1AU etc. An animal unit month is how much forage one animal will need in a month. A 1,000 pound beef cow requires approximately 26 lbs of dry forage per day, for a total of 780lbs per month. In our area of Florida, the Department of Agriculture publishes the figure at 4 acres per AU, one of the lowest in the country. By comparison, Calhan/Yoder/Rush area of Colorado, is 10 ac/AU. This doesn't mean you can only have 1 cow on 10 acres. It just means you'll have to supplement with hay/grain for each additional head you have. I'd recommend the CowCulator from Oklahoma State University to run some numbers. You can get it at [url=http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/exten/cowculator]http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/exten/cowculator[/url] You'll need Microsoft Excel to run it. Mike Bishop - [url=http://www.flbullrider.com]http://www.flbullrider.com[/url] [/QUOTE]
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