Pennsylvania dairy farm - seeks to donate bull calves

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Realistically, I'm not sure what the opportunities will be for you to

donate bull calves. Seems like you need to get this piece of your puzzle

in place before you set up the rest of your plan.

 

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hkdd

 

S S wrote:

 

> I understand that bull calf possibility is 50 to 60%.

> The extra bulls, if my farm project goes through with

> the availability of a partner, donate the bulls to

> Iskcon farms or nearby sanctuaries as oxen. Sankar

 

> --- "Noma T. Petroff" <npetroff (AT) bowdoin (DOT) edu> wrote:

> > Usually cows and bulls are born 50/50.

> >

> > Initially, you might buy lactating cows. That's

> > probably more expensive

> > than buying a cow or heifer and then breeding her.

> >

> > Let's say that you bought 30 cows for milking. You

> > bred them. You got

> > 15 heifer calves and 15 bull calves. The math comes

> > out a little

> > different than what you have projected below -- and

> > this is generally

> > the critical weak link in plans about setting up a

> > commercial dairy farm

> > with protected cows. People usually forget that

> > they have to figure out

> > what to do with all the bulls -- which will be

> > basically 50% of the

> > herd.

> >

> > The cow protection standards are on the ISCOWP

> > website. (Just ignore

> > everything that pertains to bureaucracy, since you

> > are not an ISKCON

> > farm.) http://www.iscowp.com/ I think you'll

> > find these helpful.

> >

> > your servant,

> >

> > Hare Krsna dasi

> >

> > S S wrote:

> >

> > > I expect 30 - 40 cows and 6-10 oxen. The bull cows

> > > will be turned into oxen. The cow's milk and farm

> > > income will be used to run the operations. Can you

> > > tell me the link to the site for online version

> > of

> > > minimum cow protection. Thank you for your

> > interest.

> > > Sankar

> > > --- "Noma T. Petroff" <npetroff (AT) bowdoin (DOT) edu>

> > wrote:

> > > > Three questions:

> > > >

> > > > 1. How big an operation do you envision -- how

> > many

> > > > cows?

> > > >

> > > > 2. What do you plan to do with your bull

> > calves?

> > > >

> > > > 3. Have you read the online version of the

> > Minimum

> > > > Cow Protection

> > > > Standards created by the ISKCON Ministry of Cow

> > > > Protection and

> > > > Agriculture, and passed by the GBC in 1998?

> > > >

> > > > your servant,

> > > >

> > > > Hare Krsna dasi

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > S S wrote:

> > > >

> > > > > I have a 42 acre farm with 5 protected cows,

> > in

> > > > > Bangor,Pa, 70 miles from NYC. I am looking for

> > a

> > > > > working partner to start a dairy and farm

> > > > operations.

> > > > > If any one is interested, please write or call

> > 610

> > > > 599

> > > > > 8824. Sankar