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<blockquote data-quote="GMN" data-source="post: 747987" data-attributes="member: 2382"><p>1. Dairies are very expensive to set up & run.</p><p>2. They are magnets for Goverment regulation.</p><p>3. The sanitation requirements are monsterous...probably more than restaurants.</p><p>4. The dairy cattle eat 3 to 4 times the hay and feed that beef cattle do.</p><p>5. Milk is a perishable product that must be frequently transported.</p><p>6. They are extremely labor intensive except for the totally automated computerized operations.</p><p>7. They are "nasty" places with lots of manure & effluent to get rid of.</p><p>8. They are more regulated as where you can have one than do beef catle.</p><p>9. The high quality alfalfa hay & silage is very expensive to buy.</p><p>10. With processed/pasteurized milk selling for $2.50 to $4.00 a gallon...where's the profit?</p><p></p><p></p><p>1) They are expensive to run, but there are many ways to farm, and corners can be cut to decrease costs pretty easily.</p><p>2)This is somewhat true for the bigger diaries, the smaller ones really don't have too many rules to follow, just the Fed and the state every 3 months.</p><p>3)After you do the sanitiation process for 15 years or more, its not that bad-just like any other job</p><p>4)Rotational grazing does wonders for your feed bills.</p><p>5)Refrigeration not a hard thing</p><p>6)Got to work somewhere, majority of people in other jobs don't have paid vacations or holidays, and the work on the dairy is something new every day, very seldom can I say I am ever bored-just tired sometimes.</p><p>7)Every job has its nasty parts to it-manure is good for spreading, and free fertilizer</p><p>8)Rules rules-a part of life</p><p>9)Feed is high, but not everyone feeds alfalfa and silage either</p><p>10)Profit depends on debt load, you got that with any occupation</p><p></p><p>I look at quality of life vs the kind of life I would have if I had a diferent occupation, and even though I whine sometimes, I'll stick with farming.</p><p></p><p>GMN</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GMN, post: 747987, member: 2382"] 1. Dairies are very expensive to set up & run. 2. They are magnets for Goverment regulation. 3. The sanitation requirements are monsterous...probably more than restaurants. 4. The dairy cattle eat 3 to 4 times the hay and feed that beef cattle do. 5. Milk is a perishable product that must be frequently transported. 6. They are extremely labor intensive except for the totally automated computerized operations. 7. They are "nasty" places with lots of manure & effluent to get rid of. 8. They are more regulated as where you can have one than do beef catle. 9. The high quality alfalfa hay & silage is very expensive to buy. 10. With processed/pasteurized milk selling for $2.50 to $4.00 a gallon...where's the profit? 1) They are expensive to run, but there are many ways to farm, and corners can be cut to decrease costs pretty easily. 2)This is somewhat true for the bigger diaries, the smaller ones really don't have too many rules to follow, just the Fed and the state every 3 months. 3)After you do the sanitiation process for 15 years or more, its not that bad-just like any other job 4)Rotational grazing does wonders for your feed bills. 5)Refrigeration not a hard thing 6)Got to work somewhere, majority of people in other jobs don't have paid vacations or holidays, and the work on the dairy is something new every day, very seldom can I say I am ever bored-just tired sometimes. 7)Every job has its nasty parts to it-manure is good for spreading, and free fertilizer 8)Rules rules-a part of life 9)Feed is high, but not everyone feeds alfalfa and silage either 10)Profit depends on debt load, you got that with any occupation I look at quality of life vs the kind of life I would have if I had a diferent occupation, and even though I whine sometimes, I'll stick with farming. GMN [/QUOTE]
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