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going rate for winter boarding of dairy cattle?

rockyridgefarm

rockyridgefarm

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Neighbor has been renting my pasture in the summer for several years now. He pays $0.50 per head per day. He has been asking me for a couple years now if I'd be willing to keep them over winter. I have 31 head here this summer. It'd be 20 head over winter. Water shouldn't be an issue as the crick runs year round on all but last winter, and if it becomes one, he can come get them. I provide hay. I can run them into my corn stalks after harvest. I figured on getting three bale feeders so I'd only have to feed them once a week. What's a good rate for board in this situation?
 
The same 50 cents a day plus what ever you get for your hay is how I would figure it.
 
(quoted from post at 08:04:32 08/02/14) The same 50 cents a day plus what ever you get for your hay is how I would figure it.
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Grazing should be worth at least $35/head/month.
Wintering double that.
 
I don't disagree but I took it as he wants to give his friend a deal, he's already getting one at 50 cents a day in the summer. I don't always charge what somethings worth either, I would much rather give someone deserving a deal than pay more tax to support more parasites.
 
I don't know about wintering rates, but you are plenty cheap on your grazing fee. I was paying that 30 years ago.
 
Here in SW WI, there's lots of good pasture. I've been considering going to 60 cents in the summer, but am hesitating because I don't wanna seem greedy. We did agree on $1.25 per day the minute I start feeding hay. Just made 25 bales today before rain stopped me. Should make 25 more tomorrow. We haven't seen rain in 3 weeks. The beans sure would benefit from a couple inches....
 
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