Anbu wrote:@sparkly hio calf hawajasema itakua ya nani in case it happens. Also, their investment brochure says they take out an annual cover for the cow at a cost of 11k inclusive in the 280k and estimate the cost of 1L to be around 30 bob.
Doing a bit of math and assuming that the cow is milked daily:
case 1: 100% production (per year)
40*7*4*12*30= 403,200
case 2: 80% production
32*7*4*12= 322,650
case 3: 60% production
24*7*4*12= 241,920
With the yearly payout of about 201k, this seems to make sense ama?
@Anbu this is a very simplistic calculation on the return:
1. Costs not factored in - cow feeds (commercial & grass), land occupancy, vet drugs, water, husbandry labour.
2. Returns not factored in - A cow is a biological asset. It will grow older, it will calf, the calf may be a male or female. Calves gain more value as they grow.
3. Milk yield - A cow isn't milked when gestating. A young calf drinks some of the mothers milk.
4. A young bull will just be eating, fighting other bulls and disrupting females before it is sold for meat or its seed harvested and sold to other farmers.
I am no expert in farming but I think you have to factor all the above when determining return from cows.
You get optimal returns by managing a herd where some cows are calving, being milked, calves growing, part of herd sold, mature cows bred.
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