#4: 200 Cow, Mattress Freestall, Slatted Floor, Natural Vent. System
Description: This entry level 200 cow dairy farm is designed to be environmentally and
aesthetically sensitive. Cow housing is provided by a conventional 4-row freestall barn
with 14’ eaves for natural ventilation and cow mattresses in the stalls, over slatted floors.
Manure drops through the slatted floor into a deep concrete holding area to be agitated,
pumped and applied as slurry prior to planting. Cows are milked in a low-cost, laborefficient parabone swing parlor with 12 milker units operated by one person.
Key Components (see appendix for further description of terms)
10 acres
$8,037
Land Base
Investment/Cow
Mattress Freestall
Cow Housing
Yearly Revenue/Cow
$3,349
Barn
(5 yr. Avg.)
Double 12
Milking Center
Yearly Gross Revenue
$669,878
Parabone Swing
(5 yr. Avg.)
Natural
$1,607,429
Ventilation
Total Investment
Slatted floor over
Manure Handling
Return on Assets (Yr. 5) 1.7%
manure storage
System
Picture Examples
Mattress Freestall System
Slatted Floor System with Natural Vent.
Tractor-Pulled Liquid Manure Spreader
Parabone Swing Milking Parlor
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Operation Description:
Milking Parlor Description:
Freestall Description:
Manure System Description:
Ventilation Description:
200 Cow Confinement
Double 12 Parabone Swing
Mattress Freestall
Slatted Floor over Manure Storage
Natural Ventilation
#
Land
Dairy cows
Freestall barn (lights, loops, mats, and cooling)
Milking parlor, equipment, tank, holding area and office
Dry cow and special needs barn
Liquid manure storage (parlor)
Storage under slatted floor
Commodity storage
10
200
145
24
40
288,000
1,354,179
2
Hay barn and equipment storage
Silage storage system (plastic bags)
Site preparation and water supply
Tractor
Mixer wagon
Liquid manure spreader (surface apply)
Bobcat
3,200
10%
1
1
1
1
Units
acres
# of head
# of stalls
# of stalls
cow sp.
gallons
gallons
bays
ft3
Model #
Dollars
$2,800
$2,000
$2,250
$5,600
$1,500
$0.21
$1,600
$12,000
$4
Units
$ per acre
$ per head
$ per freestall
per stall
$ per cow sp.
$ per gallon
$ per freestall
$ per bay
$ per ft3
% of structure investment
quantity
$79,200 $ per unit
quantity
$28,000 $ per unit
quantity
$22,000 $ per unit
quantity
$22,000 $ per unit
Total Investment
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Total
Investment
$28,000
$400,000
$326,250
$134,400
$60,000
$60,480
$232,000
$24,000
Per
Cow
$140
$2,000
$1,631
$672
$300
$302
$1,160
$120
$12,800
$84,824
$93,475
$79,200
$28,000
$22,000
$22,000
$64
$424
$467
$396
$140
$110
$110
$1,607,429
$8,037
Input Summary
Scenario:
Production
Herd size
Calving interval
Average days dry for the herd
Percent cows in milk
Annual cull rate
Annual death loss
Milk per cow per day (year 1)
365 day RHA (year 1)
Expenses
Daily feed cost (milking group)(avg)
Daily feed cost(dry cow group)(avg)
Youngstock diets
0-2 months
2-6 months
6-12 months
12-24 months
Labor costs (year 1)
Hourly labor
Salaried labor
Annual benefits
Total labor
Seed expenses
Fertilizer and chemicals
Marketing costs
Federal assessment
Advertising
Coop Fee
Hauling
Annual per cow costs
DHI testing
Artificial insemination
Veterinarian, hoof trimming & BST
Medicine
Farm supplies and bedding
Fuel & oil
Utilities
Annual costs
Non-dairy farm supplies
Non-dairy fuel and oil
Non-dairy utilities
Building repairs
Machinery and equipment repairs
Rent
Taxes (real estate and P.P.)
Farm insurance
Legal & professional fees
Custom hire
Car and truck costs
Contract heifer rearing
Other expense
200 Cow Confinement, Mattress Freestall, Slatted Floor, Natural Vent.
Your farm
Cow Flow
Year 1
Year 2
200
head
Beginning herd
200
200
13.5
months
Cows entering the herd:
60
days
Purchases
72
72
85%
percent
Farm-raised replacements
0
0
28%
percent
Cows leaving the herd
8%
percent
Culls
56
56
68.0
lbs.
Sold
0
0
21,193
RHA
Dead
16
16
Ending herd size
200
200
Your farm
Income
Market value Cull value
$3.40
cow/day
Milking and dry cows
$2,000
$500
$1.73
cow/day
12-24 months
$500
6-12 months
$500
$0.00
cow/day
2-6 months
$500
$0.00
cow/day
Your farm
$0.00
cow/day
Milk price
$14.69
$/cwt
$0.00
cow/day
Yearly coop dividend
$0.00
$/cwt
Bull calf selling price
$100
$/head
$33,280
dollars
Heifer calf selling price
$400
$/head
$35,000
dollars
Crop grain sales
$0
dollars
$5,223
dollars
Government payments
$0
dollars
$73,503
dollars
Other farm income
$0
dollars
$0
dollars
Beginning balance for:
Balance Sheet
$0
dollars
January 1
Current assets:
$0.00 $ per cwt.
Cash
$10,000
dollars
$0.15 $ per cwt.
Commodities for sale and feed
$10,000
dollars
$0.10 $ per cwt.
Feeder livestock and cull cows
$0
dollars
$0.60 $ per cwt.
Supplies and prepaid expenses
$10,000
dollars
Investment in growing crops
$0
dollars
$16 $ per cow
Accounts receivable and other
$0
dollars
$45 $ per cow
Other current assets
$0
dollars
$133 $ per cow Non-current assets:
$63 $ per cow
Farm and equipment:
$68 $ per cow
Land
$28,000
dollars
$20 $ per cow
Non-farm real estate
$0
dollars
$60 $ per cow
Buildings
$934,754
dollars
Equipment
$151,200
dollars
$1,200
dollars
Autos & trucks
$0
dollars
$1,200
dollars
Other assets
dollars
$0
dollars
Investment in coops
$0
dollars
$5,000
dollars
Contract receivables
$0
dollars
$5,000
dollars
Other
$0
dollars
$0
dollars
Beginning balance for:
$1,500
dollars
Current liabilities:
January 1
$2,000
dollars
Accounts payable, feed dealers
$0
dollars
$1,000
dollars
Accounts payable, trade
$0
dollars
$20,000
dollars
Accrued interest
$0
dollars
$2,400
dollars
Payroll taxes & wages
$0
dollars
$0
dollars
Operating note
$0
dollars
$0
dollars
Estimated current portion of debt
$0
dollars
Other current liabilities
$0
dollars
Long-term Debt:
Bank note
$0
dollars
Real estate note
$0
dollars
Other long-term debt
$0
dollars
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SE Missouri Dairy
Dairy Enterprise Budget (5-year Avg.)
200 Cow Confinement, Mattress Freestall, Slatted Floor, Natural Vent.
Herd
Per Cow
Per CWT
Percent
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS:
Milk sales
Sales of youngstock & calves
Other farm income
Patronage dividend
Total Gross Receipts
$626,323
$43,556
$0
$0
$669,878
$3,132
$218
$0
$0
$3,349
$14.69
$1.02
$0.00
$0.00
$15.71
93.5%
6.5%
0.0%
0.0%
100.0%
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Feed:
Feedstuffs
Less feed for heifers
Total feed
$245,253
$0
$245,253
$1,226
$0
$1,226
$5.75
$0.00
$5.75
36.9%
0.0%
36.9%
Herd replacement costs:
Depreciation--dairy cows
Loss on sale of cows
Total herd replacement costs
$65,118
$36,589
$101,706
$326
$183
$509
$1.53
$0.86
$2.39
9.8%
5.5%
15.3%
Other operating expenses:
Labor (includes benefits & SS)
Marketing 1/
DHI testing
Artificial insemination
Veterinary, hoof trimming & BST
Medicine
Supplies and bedding
Fuel & oil
Utilities
Repairs--Buildings
Repairs--Machinery & equipment
Rent
Farm taxes (R.E. & personal prop)
Farm insurance
Legal & professional fees
Custom hire
Car and truck costs
Other
Interest
Depreciation
Less other expenses for raising heifers
Total other operating expenses
$77,272
$36,241
$3,200
$9,000
$26,600
$12,600
$14,297
$4,000
$12,615
$5,000
$5,000
$0
$1,577
$2,103
$1,051
$21,025
$2,400
$0
$0
$83,917
$0
$317,898
$386
$181
$16
$45
$133
$63
$71
$20
$63
$25
$25
$0
$8
$11
$5
$105
$12
$0
$0
$420
$0
$1,589
$1.81
$0.85
$0.08
$0.21
$0.62
$0.30
$0.34
$0.09
$0.30
$0.12
$0.12
$0.00
$0.04
$0.05
$0.02
$0.49
$0.06
$0.00
$0.00
$1.97
$0.00
$7.46
11.6%
5.5%
0.5%
1.4%
4.0%
1.9%
2.2%
0.6%
1.9%
0.8%
0.8%
0.0%
0.2%
0.3%
0.2%
3.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
12.6%
0.0%
47.8%
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES
NET INCOME FROM OPERATIONS
$664,857
$5,022
$3,324
$25
$15.59
$0.12
100.0%
1/ Includes milk hauling, state and federal promotion, coop/marketing fees, and the cost of marketing beef.
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