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<blockquote data-quote="JRGidaho`" data-source="post: 743930" data-attributes="member: 13410"><p>Todd, I'm sorry to say it, but at your scale of operation, you need to just admit it's a hobby and then decide how much you're willing to spend on your hobby.</p><p></p><p>Ranching for Profit ( <a href="http://www.ranchmanagement.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ranchmanagement.com/</a>) maintains a set of benchmarks for allowable expenditures for economically viable ranches. These are expressed on a cow-unit basis and it is pretty easy to see from these benchmarks that you can't afford to spend very much on anything.</p><p></p><p>Give you an idea of how I view some things. When I push the pencil (not really! when I crunch the keyboard....) I find it takes a minimum of 300 cows to even come close to justifying owning a large round baler. When we look at the big square balers, it is more like 800 cows. Yet we see lots of guys with 20-30 cows who own a full line of haying equipment.</p><p></p><p>It's just a hobby for them, but they don't admit it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JRGidaho`, post: 743930, member: 13410"] Todd, I'm sorry to say it, but at your scale of operation, you need to just admit it's a hobby and then decide how much you're willing to spend on your hobby. Ranching for Profit ( [url=http://www.ranchmanagement.com/]http://www.ranchmanagement.com/[/url]) maintains a set of benchmarks for allowable expenditures for economically viable ranches. These are expressed on a cow-unit basis and it is pretty easy to see from these benchmarks that you can't afford to spend very much on anything. Give you an idea of how I view some things. When I push the pencil (not really! when I crunch the keyboard....) I find it takes a minimum of 300 cows to even come close to justifying owning a large round baler. When we look at the big square balers, it is more like 800 cows. Yet we see lots of guys with 20-30 cows who own a full line of haying equipment. It's just a hobby for them, but they don't admit it. [/QUOTE]
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