Oh rot! The USDA has calculation pages for every state! They take into consideration, among other things, Average body weight, estimated DMI, daily DMI for a single animal, daily DMI for the entire herd, how to determine paddock optimum paddock size, grazing periods and "rest" periods, gives averages for various animals (lactataing dairy cow, milking sheep/goats, growing stock [steers, heifers, lambs], beef cow/calf, ewe/lamb, adult non-lactating stock, how to figure the DM (average, low and high), gives average/approx. weights for various livestock and number of animals per 1000 lb/au, etc.--
Lynda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Jones" <billj AT harborside.com>
I don't suppose so, since so many properties seem to have the same
steers on them year after year (well, not the exact same animals
of course). Somehow when you go to buy a ranch property, and you
ask the old fart, "so how many head of cattle you reckon this'll
keep," they have to be able to give you some answer. The details
for how it's calculated are well-defined by the USDA.
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