Table 80: Costs and Returns for Dairy Goat, 1800 lbs Milk/Doe, 100 Doe Herd
Organic Production Practices, Northeastern United States, 1996
|
| ITEM |
UNIT |
PRICE |
QUANTITY |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
|
| Receipts |
|
&nbs p; |
|
|
| Milk Sales |
cwt |
$ 31.00 |
18 |
$ 558.00 |
| 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 |
|
$ 56.00 |
|
$ 56.00 |
| Total Receipts |
|
|
|
$ 780.60 |
|
|
|
|
| Variable Costs |
|
|
|
|
| Feed Costs |
|
|
&nbs p; |
|
| Concentrates for doe & replacement |
cwt |
$ 10.00 |
11.5 |
$ 115.00 |
| Kids for meat sold at 30 lbs. |
cwt |
$ 12.00 |
0.4 |
$ 4.80 |
| Hay |
ton |
$ 95.00 |
0.71 |
$ 67.45 |
| Milk Fed to Replacements |
gallon |
$ 2.41 |
9.24 |
$ 22.30 |
| Total Feed Costs |
|
|
|
$ 209.55 |
| Other |
|
|
|
|
| Building and Equipment Repairs |
|
$ 6.00 |
|
$ 6.00 |
| Bedding (straw) |
ton |
$ 50.00 |
0.15 |
$ 7.50 |
| Misc. Livestock Supplies |
|
$ 55.00 |
|
$ 55.00 |
| Breeding Fees |
|
$ 10.00 |
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$ 10.00 |
| Veterinary Fees |
|
$ 4.00 |
|
$ 4.00 |
| Marketing |
|
$ 57.00 |
|
$ 57.00 |
| 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 |
|
|
|
$ 582.98 |
| Interest on Operating Capitala |
|
10% |
|
$ 16.91 |
| Total Variable Costs |
|
|
|
$ 599.89 |
| Returns Above Var. Costs |
|
|
|
$ 180.71 |
| 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 |
| Tot al Fixed & Variable Costs |
|
|
|
$ 617.89 |
| Management Feesa |
|
|
|
$ 43.25 |
| Total Costs |
|
|
|
$ 661.1 4 |
| Net Returns |
|
|
|
$ 119.46 |