The Typical Dairy Farm 



The dairy farm used in the budget analysis was typical of those 

 farms in the sample which raised all the replacements to maintain a herd 

 of 25 cows. The typical farm has a forage-dairy cattle balance that is the 

 same as shown in Table 13 for the sample of dairy farms, except that it 

 produces enough pasture and winter forage to carry all cows and replace- 

 ments as was done on about a third of the farms in the sample. The possi- 

 bilities for production and utilization of forage on a typical farm are 

 shown in Table 19. As price relationships differ in the various milk zones, 



Table 20. Summary of Types of Physical Information Useful in Making Economic 

 Decisions with Respect to the Replacement Program on Dairy Farms^ 



Item 



Unit or 

 Rate 



Time 

 Period 



Dairy Cows- 

 Price Situation 

 I II 



Young 

 Stock 



Feed inputs 

 Milk 



Milk substitutes 

 Grain 

 Zone mileage 

 0-40 

 41-80 

 81-120 

 121-160 

 161-200 



Winter forage as hay equivalent 

 Zone mileage 



0-40 



41-80 



81-120 



121-160 



161-200 



Pasture as hay equivalent 



Zone mileage 



0-40 



41-80 



81-120 



121-160 



161-200 



Bedding — sawdust 



Labor 



Calves born per cow 

 Herd life 



Raised cows 



Purchased cows 

 Calves of both sexes born dead, 



dying at birth or within 



first week 



Female young stock that will 

 not die or be culled for 

 disease after first week 



Stable space requirements 



Stanchions, animals 1+ years 

 Area, animals 1+ years 



Lb. 

 Lb. 

 Lb. 



Lb. 

 Lb. 

 Lb. 

 Lb. 

 Lb. 



Ton 



Ton 

 Ton 

 Ton 

 Ton 

 Ton 



Ton 



Ton 

 Ton 

 Ton 

 Ton 

 Ton 



Bu. 

 Hour 



No. 



Year 

 Year 



Pet. 



Pet. 



No. 



Sq. ft. 



To calving 

 To calving 

 To calving 

 Per year 



To calving 

 Per vear 



To calving 

 Per year 



Per year 

 Per year 

 Per year 



To calving 

 To calving 



1,815 

 1,520 

 1,215 

 1,035 

 1,000 



2.7 

 2.9 

 3.1 

 3.3 

 3.4 



2.8 

 2.7 

 2.6 

 2.6 

 2.5 



300 

 80 

 0.93 



3.5 



3.4 



1 

 90 



1,465 



1,250 



1,020 



885 



870 



2.8 

 3.0 

 3.2 

 3.3 

 3.5 



2.8 

 2.7 

 2.7 

 2.6 

 2.5 



300 

 80 

 0.93 



3.5 

 3.4 



1 

 90 



75 



50 



1,200 



2.8 



2.0 



180 

 40 



11.0 



80.0 



1.3 



70 



'For hay yields see Table 13 and for pasture yields see Appendix Table 9. 



- Both raised and purchased cows produce at the rate of 8,500 pounds of 3.7 percent milk per year. 



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