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Hay question: 1000 lb cow for 2 gallons of milk
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<blockquote data-quote="newbn00b" data-source="post: 1432272" data-attributes="member: 28988"><p>Thanks! So roughly twice that much. And add corn, wheat and some other kinds of grasses every x days as supplements. </p><p></p><p>Where I'm now (not in the states) a lot of people /subsistence farmers keep them tied or in small pens. Land is limited but most will say that you need at least a small square bale a day, roughly 50lbs. (25kg). But that yields about 12-15 lts a milk and they sell the milk. Profit is close to nothing of course....and a lot of work. </p><p></p><p>I thought that it may make sense economically to lower the intake for a reduced yield, obviously without making the poor thing suffer. Te bales can be sold and I can buy enough milk for 1/2 of what I sell a bale (the buyers with 100's of milking cows get grants and tax breaks from the government, plus they do all the little things). The only thing is that I want to know what I'm drinking...otherwise we're talking a few dollars a day in difference. </p><p></p><p>I guess milking goats or a smaller breed of cow, but that I'd find to find out if the vet has sperm for her, given her size.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="newbn00b, post: 1432272, member: 28988"] Thanks! So roughly twice that much. And add corn, wheat and some other kinds of grasses every x days as supplements. Where I'm now (not in the states) a lot of people /subsistence farmers keep them tied or in small pens. Land is limited but most will say that you need at least a small square bale a day, roughly 50lbs. (25kg). But that yields about 12-15 lts a milk and they sell the milk. Profit is close to nothing of course....and a lot of work. I thought that it may make sense economically to lower the intake for a reduced yield, obviously without making the poor thing suffer. Te bales can be sold and I can buy enough milk for 1/2 of what I sell a bale (the buyers with 100's of milking cows get grants and tax breaks from the government, plus they do all the little things). The only thing is that I want to know what I'm drinking...otherwise we're talking a few dollars a day in difference. I guess milking goats or a smaller breed of cow, but that I'd find to find out if the vet has sperm for her, given her size. [/QUOTE]
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