Guest guest Posted July 2, 2002 Report Share Posted July 2, 2002 Dear Pancaratna Prabu, I did not get your attached spread sheet >and milk production per lactation. Commercial dairies do not allow long >lactations in their economic model that is based on culling. Any info you >could give us as guidelines? I have sent you an attachment on the other e mail >2) Our cost for maintaining various animals is based on data from the >ISKCON >herd here. If anyone has any other data we would like to see that. I attach >a spreadsheet from them. we did not get the spreadsheat please can you send it to me directly >3) We need to know more about labor costs for milking. I mentioned more about this on the previous letter >4) We need recommendations on the breed which will be most suited for both >milk and work. Perhaps rohita Prabhu has some geographic suggestions for your area >5) We plan to build a oxen powered water pump to pump water into a tank to >use for irrigation. Any suggestions? Don't. It would be more advantageous to have a wind pump and reservoir. Working oxen means working men. Could you justify the cost of paying the ox wage for irrigation purposes? We use oxen on an oxpowered mill and that seams to have some financial relevance. >6) Any figures on acres that could be plowed, harrowed, etc. for an average >team? A more important consideration will be the manpower requirements for harvesting the produce (Hay and straw). >With a little help from everyone we should be able to finalize our business >plan and get things in motion for a September launch (at least for the >agriculture side). That is all for now. Have to go sy syam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2002 Report Share Posted July 2, 2002 - markjon chatburn <protection_farms > ISCOWP (Balabhadra Dasa & Chaya Dasi - USA) <ISCOWP (AT) pamho (DOT) net> Tuesday, July 02, 2002 12:17 PM Re: Specific help for CSA development > If one works on the assumption of 2 calves born per > year and a life span of 20 years then stable-state > (mature) herd size would equate to 40 animals. > > This does not mean that you would need (40*20) 800 > animal-years of assurance capital, though. As 20 > animals would be over 10 they would need a lessening > amount of assurance due to their age. 20 animals would > be under 10 and they would need more assurance due to > their age. The maths would mean that you would need > only (20*20) 400 animal-years of capital assurance to > back the mature herd. > > That is still a huge amount, and it is doubtful in my > mind if to follow this stringently is good for the > overall project. A quater of this would be 100 > animal-years, which with a retired animal cost you > quoted at $325 per year would equate to a 25% > assurance capital of $325,000 needed at herd maturity > to assure the herd for life if the occasion merited a > suspension of the productive model. > > > > Sign up for SBC Dial - First Month Free > http://sbc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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