Financial Performance of Specialized Dairy Farms
Author: Mary C. Ahearn
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 16
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Author: Mary C. Ahearn
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Published: 1987
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Published: 1987
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 68
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
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Total Pages: 54
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 40
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Published: 1996
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mary Ahearn
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 16
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 31
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKVirginia dairy producers are considering intensive grazing as a profitable and ecologically viable alternative to confinement dairy production. The objective of this study is to compare financial performance for pasture-based dairy farms relative to similar resourced-based confinement farms. Comparisons are based on the recommended financial and profitability measures of performance provided by the Farm Financial Standards Council. Primary and secondary data plus simulation of daily pasture supply and animal demands are used to develop 100 and 200-cow farms with a land base representative of the Ridge and Valley regions of Virginia. Representative farms were developed to explore financial performance based on the intensity of pasture use, from total confinement to seasonal farms using intensive grazing (in which pasture, hay, and energy supplements are the only sources of nutrients for all dairy animals on the farm). Results of the analysis demonstrate that pasture-based seasonal production is more profitable and has a higher level of repayment capacity and financial efficiency than all other production systems in this study. Greater financial performance by the seasonal farms is obtained even though such farms obtain lower average annual milk prices and 10 percent less milk sold per cow than the similar confinement farms. Pasture-based farms that feed a partial total mixed ration during the summer (25 percent of ration dry matter and 45 percent of ration dry matter from pasture) have fewer financial advantages than the seasonal farms.
Author: Mary C. Ahearn
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 18
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