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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
1990; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 90-361-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 592; Beef; Cows; Profitability; Economics; BEEFpro
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Cow/Calf Profitability: Case Studies Of Kansas Cattle Producers, D.D. Simms, T.T. Marston
Cow/Calf Profitability: Case Studies Of Kansas Cattle Producers, D.D. Simms, T.T. Marston
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Cost/return analyses of 56 Kansas cow/calf operations were summarized to determine the major factors influencing 1987 and 1988 cow herd profitability. Gross returns and costs on a per cow unit basis were extremely variable. with the bottom 1/3 of these operations essentially breaking even. whereas the high 1/3 profitability group averaged $228.40 per head in net cash returns. Both operating and fixed costs were major determinants of profitability. Reproductive rate (calves weaned per cow exposed) was the major production variable affecting profitability.