D2o—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, September 3,1983
Brocketf's Ag Advice
Success Factors-Birth Date, already cut costs as far as is
Family, costs possible. This may well be true in
Last week’s column discussed some cases. Unfortunately there
costs and the need to keep costs in are two factors involved in the
line with prices received. Many success of a farm business that are
farmers feel that they have out of a farmer’s hand in so far as
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change is concerned. The first is
when and where a fanner was bom
and thus when the farm business
was started. This is a major factor
but is completely out of your
control. The second has to do with
the family into which a farmer was
bom. Again there is no way to
change this except thru adoption or
possibly marriage.
Once those points have been
conceeded we not can look at some
factors that can be changed,
corrected, or modified. In other
words factors that are part of a
manager’s decision making
process. Costs can be changed as
can debt service payments and
family living expenses. Some of it
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depends on your willingness to
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standards, and tradition. Some
depends on your ability to see,
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technology. Some of it depends on
your ability to think, invent, and
innovate. Much of it depends on
your knowing what the cost is now,
what makes up that cost, and why.
Only then can you begin to liAk for
ways to reduce cost in a way that
has the most effective benefit on
profits.
Let’s analyze feed costs as an
example: Feed is divided into
three main categories - energy or
calories, protein, and additives
especially vitamins and minerals.
Energy is the major feed category
in quantity as well as in cost. It is
the thing that keeps all of us going.
Excess energy for a dairy cows
turns into expensive fat.
Inadequate energy means that
protein and the mineral-vitamin
complex will probably be
inadequately utilized. Energy
comes from all types of feed but th
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fish hatchery, a potato chip
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Feed Costs
major source for most dairy and
livestock farms is com. Com
silage is also a good energy supply.
Protein is more expensive on a per
unit basis than energy but much
less of it is needed so total protein
costs are probably less than that of
energy. Major suppliers of protein
are soybean oil meal and other oil
meal by products and alfalfa hay.
But, com can produce nearly 500
pounds of protein per acre and
good com silage may even get up
to 800 pounds. Vitamins and
minerals are in most feeds used
but usually must be added as a
supplement to provide an animal
with an adequate supply.
Summer Feed
It is much more difficult to
balance the rations for cows on
pasture than for those in the bam.
It can be done if you are really
interested in increasing profits.
Work on the basis that a cow will
eat about 2 to 2.5 lb. of hay
equivalent for every 100 lbs. of
body weight each day. If you know
how much stored feed she eats, the
rest is pasture.
portumty for the ladies to shop at a
large mall.
There will also be industry
displays and representatives to
discuss their products.
For additional information
please contact the Wayne County
Extension Office by dialing 717-253-
5970 ext. 114. Registration for this
Pennsylvania Maple Tour will be
accepted until September 9.
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