|
Tractor Talk Discussion Board |
Re: Dairy farm at my age?
[ Expand ] [ View Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Return to Forum ]
Posted by Matt on October 10, 2003 at 17:39:20 from (66.181.93.138):
In Reply to: Dairy farm at my age? posted by Larry on October 08, 2003 at 19:10:59:
Well, here's my perspective from a 33 y/o who works all day in a professional (supposedly :) ) office...but owns 12 acres of woodlands slowly being returned to the pasture they were 50 years ago... Goat v. Cow dairy...it takes just as much labor to milk a goat as it does a cow. If you have a local market, great otherwise it's not something that's ever appealed to me (despite my lactose intolerance!!!) One idea I've seen is to use the Goats as a milk source for veal. Anyway, small acreage pretty much hobby farm, semi-retired so I'd assume you'd probably like time off to travel occassionally, etc. What about breeding a small number of cows for spring, let them graze on grass. Maybe make a deal with a local dairy farmer -- they buy replacement heifers when you have them, you buy their veal calfs. Raise the veal calfs on a combo of grass & surplus cow milk during the summer & early fall. Sell off the veal calfs, send any young heifers to the dairy farm's herd, and dry off the cows for winter so their feed needs are lower. If you have surplus feed/acreage than the cows need, keep some of the veal calves and turn them into steers. Not much labor need for Winter, come summer if you want a break hiring someone to run a small portable milk machine and feed the veal shouldn't be that overwhelming.
Follow Ups:
Home
| Forums
Today's Featured Article -
When Push Comes to Shove - by Dave Patterson. When I was a “kid” (still am to a deree) about two I guess, my parents couldn’t find me one day. They were horrified (we lived by the railroad), my mother thought the worst: "He’s been run over by a train, he’s gone forever!" Where did they find me? Perched up on the seat of the tractor. I’d probably plowed about 3000 acres (in my head anyway) by the time they found me. This is where my love for tractors started and has only gotten worse in my tender 50 yrs on this “green planet”. I’m par
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1964 I-H 140 tractor with cultivators and sidedresser. Starts and runs good. Asking 2650. CALL RON AT 502-319-1952
[More Ads]
Copyright © 1997-2024 Yesterday's Tractor Co.
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V. Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor HeadquartersWebsite Accessibility Policy |
|
