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Table 79: Costs and Returns for Dairy Goat, 1500 lbs Milk/Doe, 100 Doe Herd

Table 79: Costs and Returns for Dairy Goat, 1500 lbs Milk/Doe, 100 Doe Herd

Organic Production Practices, Northeastern United States, 1996

Total Receipts $ 7.50

ITEM UNIT PRICE QUANTITY TOTAL
Receipts & nbsp;
Milk Sales cwt $ 31.00 15 $ 465.00
Does Culled (5% dead, 40% culled) lb $ 1.20 120 $ 57.60
Male Kids Sold (8% dead) lb $ 1.50 30 $ 41.40
Replacements Sold head $ 130.00 0.5 $ 67.60
Miscellaneous Income $ 47.00 $ 47.00
$ 678.60
Variable Costs
Feed Costs & nbsp;
Concentrates for doe & replacement cwt $ 10.00 9.8 $ 98.00
Kids for meat sold at 30 lbs. cwt $ 12.00 0.4 $ 4. 80
Hay ton $ 95.00 0.62 $ 58.90
Milk Fed to Replacements gallon $ 2.41 9.24 $ 22.30
Total Feed Costs $ 184.00
Other   ;
Building and Equipment Repairs $ 6.00 $ 6.00
Bedding (straw) ton $ 50.00 0.15
Misc. Livestock Supplies $ 53.00 $ 53.00
Breeding Fees $ 10.00 $ 10.00
Veterinary Fees $ 3.00 $ 3.00
Marketing $ 53.00 $ 53.00
Labor
Operator hr $ 14.48 13.6 $ 196.93
Repairs, Maintenance and Fuel
Machinery and Equipment $ 32.00 $ 32.00
Fuel and oil $ 5.00 $ 5.00
Sub-Total $ 550.43
Interest on Operating Capitala 10% $ 15.96
Total Variable Costs $ 566.39
Returns Above Var. Costs $ 112.21
Fixed Costs
Insurance and Taxes $ 3.00 $ 3.00
Building and Equipment $ 10.00 $ 10.00
Land acre $ 50.00 0.1 $ 5.00
Total Fixed Costs $ 18.00
< b /> Total Fixed & Variable Costs $ 584.39
Management Feesa $ 40.91
Total Costs $ 625.30
Net Returns $ 53.30

aSee text for calculation assumptions.