Homestead

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Purchasing/Components of a Farm

• Homestead
• Land
• Water Source
• Power Source
• Waste Disposal
• Other

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Purchasing/Components of a Farm

• Homestead
• House
• Office
• Animal Housing
• - Milking
• - Feeding
• - Rest Area
• - Maternity/Health
• - Squeeze/Lock Chute
• Storage
• - Feed
• - Bedding
• - Supplies
• - Wastes
• - Machinery/Equipment
• - Fuel

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Purchasing/Components of a Farm

• Land
• Pasture Feed
• Crop Recycle Waste
• Water Source
• Well Drinking
• River/Stream Clean-up
• Lake/Pond Waste Removal
• Irrigation
• Power Source
• Electricity
• Gas

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Purchasing/Components of a Farm

• Waste Disposal
• Land Application
• Municipal Collection
• Other
• Other Concerns
• Markets
• Support
• - Supplies, Repairs, Equipment, Labor

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Farm Land

• New Jersey
• Limited commercial Farm land is available
• Land prices are high
• Small acreages
• - Hobby/Part-time Farmers
• - Farmland assessment
• Few established Farms will remain
• - NJ Farmland Preservation
• - Influential owners
• Available Commercial Farm Land NE
• Dairy - PA, NY, MD
• Beef - VA, W VA
• Poultry - MD

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Value of Farm Land

• Value
• Range 500 to 3,000/acre
• Determining Factors
• Location
• Soil Type (Nutrient/pH, drainage)
• Bare vs. Stocked
• Animal Species/Product

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Feed/Land/Storage/Waste Requirements Dairy Herd
Illustration
DMI Requirements 300 cows BW1400lb
DMI3 of BW (1400lb)(0.03) 42lb DMI/d/cow
300 Heifers BW700lb DMI3 of
BW (700lb)(0.03) 21lb DMI/d/heifer Yearly
Requirement Cows (42lb)(300)(365d)/(2,000)
2,299.5t Heifers (21lb)(300)(365d)/(2,000)
1,149.75t 3,449.25t
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Feed/Land/Storage/Waste Requirements Dairy Herd
Illustration
Feed Requirements Diet DM Basis TMR
Grain Alfalfa Haylage Corn Silage 50
25 25 Grain
(90 DM) (3,449.25t)(0.50)/(0.90) 1,916.25
5/yr as feed or 160t/mo
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Feed/Land/Storage/Waste Requirements Dairy Herd
Illustration
Feed Requirements Alfalfa Haylage (55 DM)
(3,449.25t)(0.25)/(0.55) 1,567.8t/yr as
feed 4 cuttings/season 1st 5t/acre 2nd
5t/acre 3rd 3t/acre 4th 3t/acre
16t/acre (1,567.8t/yr)/(16t/acre) 98
acres Plan for carry over, 125 acres Anticipate
crop failures or poor growing conditions
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Feed/Land/Storage/Waste Requirements Dairy Herd
Illustration
Feed Requirements Corn Silage (35 DM)
(3,449.25t)(0.25)/(0.35) 2,463.75t/yr as feed
Yield 20t/acre (2,463.75t/y)/(20t/ac)
123 acres Plant 150 acres Waste Your
assignment How much waste will 300 cows
300 heifers produce per year? Can 150 acres
corn land 125 acres alfalfa accommodate this
waste?
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