We have been kinda going down parallel paths Randy, you are just a tad older than I . It is a heavy chunk of change to sign on for, no question about that. It would suck up about 75 grand each year for 20 years to make the principal repayment, plus interest. The new barn would have roughly the same value as the 166 acre farm I would put it on. This farm is today free and clear of debt. The pay out for milk here in Ontario is based on composition, higher fat/protein, the more you get for the milk. Our cows are Jerseys with 5.3% BF 4% protein which gave me a payment last month of $101.13 per hundred litres. Cost me $60.00 per hundred litres to produce the milk. So I am nearly receiving a 40% profit margin. The provincial average pay out last month was $80.00 per Hundred litre. I know it is difficult to translate into American funds from Canadian and from litres to lb. but you get some idea of the rate of return on investment. And we arent carrying a heavy debt load currently. So with these bits of information, you probably can understand better why I would even think about doing this. Over the past ten years ther have been dozens of barns just like this built around me. No one ever has issues with frozen teat ends in these barns. Some do have to provide heating for the robot. I have been milking now 40 years, and could switch to beef, sell my production quota and be debt free with cash in the bank, but that leaves my sons future in limbo. I have two farms 5 miles apart, I live on the one we milk at now, but there isnt any good way to link into the existing dairy barn because of the lay of the land. And I doubt I could even get a building permit on this place because it is too close to town. I have two years to make a decision. We are overwhelmed with greenhouses here, so much so that some have gone broke and been torn down. I wish you luck with your wives green thumb!
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