Running Arrow Bill
Well-known member
Something to think about!
Given a 1,000 A.U. will normally eat 20 to 30 lbs of forage a day (hay or grass).
Given the cost of hay per pound is = to the cost of grass pasture per pound (nutrients being equal).
If the pasture is fertilized and/or irrigated, those costs cause grass (aka hay) to increase in price.
All this considered, anyone renting or leasing THEIR pasture to someone else should base their rental prices per animal unit of the cost value per pound of pasture (aka hay).
This gives new meaning to the $$ value of one's pasture grass, doesn't it!
Of course, the above is irrelevant if the pasture owner is an "absentee" owner (city day job type) who only wants someone to put animals on their pasture to maintain their Ag Exemption to keep their Taxes low...
:cowboy:
Given a 1,000 A.U. will normally eat 20 to 30 lbs of forage a day (hay or grass).
Given the cost of hay per pound is = to the cost of grass pasture per pound (nutrients being equal).
If the pasture is fertilized and/or irrigated, those costs cause grass (aka hay) to increase in price.
All this considered, anyone renting or leasing THEIR pasture to someone else should base their rental prices per animal unit of the cost value per pound of pasture (aka hay).
This gives new meaning to the $$ value of one's pasture grass, doesn't it!
Of course, the above is irrelevant if the pasture owner is an "absentee" owner (city day job type) who only wants someone to put animals on their pasture to maintain their Ag Exemption to keep their Taxes low...
:cowboy: