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What costs is it to take hefiers to cows
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<blockquote data-quote="Jdunn55" data-source="post: 7336900" data-attributes="member: 81760"><p>If you bought them at say 12 months ish you would be paying around £800-1000 for anything half decent. </p><p>From then on: </p><p>- 1kg cake/day until 18months = 0.25t at £240/t = £60</p><p>- straw = half a tonne per heifer per winter = £50 or £100 depending on number of winters and assuming a price of £100/t</p><p>- rent for grazing = half an acre per heifer minimum = £60</p><p>- Rent for silage assuming 0.7tdm for first winter (6kg dry matter plus cake), then 1.5t for second winter (12kgdmi) assuming you can grow 4t of dm per acre you would be needing either 1/5th of an acre or half an acre (again depending on number of winters you need to feed them for) therefore cost for silage rent = either £25 or £60</p><p>- Fertiliser for land assuming 1/3 of a tonne per acre at a cost of £300/t = £70-120 again depending on the number of winters you have them for.</p><p>- silage cost of production would be roughly £40-160 depending on quantity needed and method used</p><p>- veterinary would be £50/heifer as an average I would guess</p><p>Then whatever labour, fuel etc is to you!</p><p>Looking at between £305-£610 to rear them with the number of winters being the main thing driving cost up</p><p>And then £800-1000 to buy them at 12 months on top.</p><p>That's not including amy labour or fuel, fencing, reseeding, lime, insurance etc</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jdunn55, post: 7336900, member: 81760"] If you bought them at say 12 months ish you would be paying around £800-1000 for anything half decent. From then on: - 1kg cake/day until 18months = 0.25t at £240/t = £60 - straw = half a tonne per heifer per winter = £50 or £100 depending on number of winters and assuming a price of £100/t - rent for grazing = half an acre per heifer minimum = £60 - Rent for silage assuming 0.7tdm for first winter (6kg dry matter plus cake), then 1.5t for second winter (12kgdmi) assuming you can grow 4t of dm per acre you would be needing either 1/5th of an acre or half an acre (again depending on number of winters you need to feed them for) therefore cost for silage rent = either £25 or £60 - Fertiliser for land assuming 1/3 of a tonne per acre at a cost of £300/t = £70-120 again depending on the number of winters you have them for. - silage cost of production would be roughly £40-160 depending on quantity needed and method used - veterinary would be £50/heifer as an average I would guess Then whatever labour, fuel etc is to you! Looking at between £305-£610 to rear them with the number of winters being the main thing driving cost up And then £800-1000 to buy them at 12 months on top. That's not including amy labour or fuel, fencing, reseeding, lime, insurance etc [/QUOTE]
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