Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
Little operation ,medium operation, big operation
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="SF" data-source="post: 71484" data-attributes="member: 1171"><p>Excerpt from the link posted by Camp</p><p></p><p>"SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION OF BEEF COW HERDS</p><p></p><p>The majority of beef cow herds are small. Average herd size in the U. S. is 41.6 cows. (Connecticut has the lowest at 7.5 cows/herd, Nevada the largest at 175, Texas averages 41.2) Over 78% of herds have less than 50 cows, and less than 1% have over 500 cows. However, herds of less than 50 head have only about 29% of the total cows, and herds over 500 head have almost 15 % of the cows. These distributions have not changed much over the years and, barring unforeseen drastic economic changes, probably will not. (USDA - National Agricultural Statistics Service - Report on Livestock Operations, April, 2004) "</p><p></p><p>The majority of the cattle producers are small operations. However only 1% of the total producers make up 15% of the total cows. Interesting stats. I was surprised that these percentages have been stagnant over the years.</p><p></p><p>Thanks Camp for posting that link. </p><p></p><p>Greg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SF, post: 71484, member: 1171"] Excerpt from the link posted by Camp "SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION OF BEEF COW HERDS The majority of beef cow herds are small. Average herd size in the U. S. is 41.6 cows. (Connecticut has the lowest at 7.5 cows/herd, Nevada the largest at 175, Texas averages 41.2) Over 78% of herds have less than 50 cows, and less than 1% have over 500 cows. However, herds of less than 50 head have only about 29% of the total cows, and herds over 500 head have almost 15 % of the cows. These distributions have not changed much over the years and, barring unforeseen drastic economic changes, probably will not. (USDA - National Agricultural Statistics Service - Report on Livestock Operations, April, 2004) " The majority of the cattle producers are small operations. However only 1% of the total producers make up 15% of the total cows. Interesting stats. I was surprised that these percentages have been stagnant over the years. Thanks Camp for posting that link. Greg [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
Little operation ,medium operation, big operation
Top