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<blockquote data-quote="brandonm_13" data-source="post: 628657" data-attributes="member: 7875"><p>Well, first off, I"m not knocking Lorenzo. I hope no one thinks that. I applaud what he's doing.</p><p></p><p>But what I'm saying is that Dairy cows are supposed to produce milk. If they are profitable doing that, then even a $100 bottle bull calf adds to the profit of the milk, just not as much as the heifer calf would. Plus, if you get too many heifer calves in a market, the price drops, so then bull and heifer calves are worthless. By having fewer heifer calves, you keep the price per calf up into the profitable range. </p><p></p><p>The price for keeping dairy heifers is relative. I don't have any, but my father-in-law raises some and I know his costs are much less than $500 per year. I have however raised bottle bull calves, and my profit margin has averaged right at $100 per calf. Taking into account extra expenses that I have not had but others might( I already took into account the average death loss.), you can still make a profit over $50 per calf I would think.</p><p></p><p>(And like you, I'm speaking U.S. economics. Don't know anything about Uruguay.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brandonm_13, post: 628657, member: 7875"] Well, first off, I"m not knocking Lorenzo. I hope no one thinks that. I applaud what he's doing. But what I'm saying is that Dairy cows are supposed to produce milk. If they are profitable doing that, then even a $100 bottle bull calf adds to the profit of the milk, just not as much as the heifer calf would. Plus, if you get too many heifer calves in a market, the price drops, so then bull and heifer calves are worthless. By having fewer heifer calves, you keep the price per calf up into the profitable range. The price for keeping dairy heifers is relative. I don't have any, but my father-in-law raises some and I know his costs are much less than $500 per year. I have however raised bottle bull calves, and my profit margin has averaged right at $100 per calf. Taking into account extra expenses that I have not had but others might( I already took into account the average death loss.), you can still make a profit over $50 per calf I would think. (And like you, I'm speaking U.S. economics. Don't know anything about Uruguay.) [/QUOTE]
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