Missouri Dairy Business Update

Missouri Dairy Business Update
Volume 2, Number 3
March 2002

Higginsville

1) On our dairy, the best thing that we have done in the last 5 years that has helped us make money is:

Pay down debt
TMR
Commodity Bldg
Grow heifers better
Herd health
Use outside info sources
Extrude & Feed own beans
Purchase more feed off farm

2) On our dairy, the one thing that has kept us from making more money is:

Housing
Facilities
Not knowing what is making money
Maintenance of Machinery
Repro
Economics of Scale
Facilities
Calf Mortality & cull cows

3) My biggest problem is:

Breeding
Can't be at 2 places at once
Mastitis & maintenance of feed equip
Communication
Cow comfort
Need to expand but short on capital
Communication

4) In ten years I want

3 To be milking more cows
0 To be milking fewer cows
3 To be milking no cows
1 To be milking same no of cows
1 Outside milker

5) It costs_____ per head per day to feed our cows.

Range of $2.40 - $4.65
$4.65
$2.80
Too much
No Answer
$3.95

6) On our farm, we need one full time person for every ____ cows.

Range of 40 - 100
50 cows
40 cows
100 cows
80 cows
80 cows
70 cows
40 cows
65 cows

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