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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 7761359" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>Dairy heifer grazing? How big is your smallholding?</p><p></p><p>You need good pasture management to get the best out of it, but it's literally about as easy as it gets. </p><p>It's also about as non-extractive as it gets, because you aren't producing much for what you earn, and the lack of capital investment means profitability is hard NOT to achieve</p><p></p><p>we charge a flat $2 (NZ) per head per day, as that's the going winter calf rate, leading into the summer yearling rate. </p><p>$2/day isn't much but at 4.5/ha it adds up over $3250/ha - £700/ac gross</p><p></p><p>12 month agreement - monthly payments - </p><p>-farmer supplies animal health products, bulls, liquid minerals, pays all cartage</p><p>-we manage pasture, the cattle, and their mating prep (we're ex dairy farmers so it's nice to still have that) and we have it written in that any heifers not incalf at PD go home</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 7761359, member: 63856"] Dairy heifer grazing? How big is your smallholding? You need good pasture management to get the best out of it, but it's literally about as easy as it gets. It's also about as non-extractive as it gets, because you aren't producing much for what you earn, and the lack of capital investment means profitability is hard NOT to achieve we charge a flat $2 (NZ) per head per day, as that's the going winter calf rate, leading into the summer yearling rate. $2/day isn't much but at 4.5/ha it adds up over $3250/ha - £700/ac gross 12 month agreement - monthly payments - -farmer supplies animal health products, bulls, liquid minerals, pays all cartage -we manage pasture, the cattle, and their mating prep (we're ex dairy farmers so it's nice to still have that) and we have it written in that any heifers not incalf at PD go home [/QUOTE]
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