In recent years, many farmers have abandoned cattle breeding in favor of crop production. We will try to prove that a business plan for cattle breeding is a very profitable activity.
The fact is that currently there is support for the state of domestic producers. One of the items of such a program is the financial assistance to entrepreneurs who are engaged in the restoration of abandoned livestock farms. It is not surprising that meat cattle breeding as a business will survive a new wave of popularity.
Pasture selection for business
Before making the first steps in cattle breeding, it is necessary to make sure that your region has a sufficient amount of pasture lands, since they will be used as natural feedstocks for burenok. If arable land is dominated, it is extremely unprofitable to engage in such a business.
If the pasture lands are in sufficient, it means that almost all year round burenks will eat for free. In the absence of such an opportunity, it will have to buy food, but then the cattle breeding will turn into a gold business, and all your income will "eat" expenses.
But the arable land will be useful. They will be cultivated for the feed for the winter.
What is the area of \u200b\u200bpasture lands for breeding cows? One burenka and one calf will require 1-1.5 hectares of pasture and as many arable land. Thus, for the content of 100 cows, plus 100 calves and three bulls will require at least 300 hectares of land in the ratio of 150 hectares of pasture and 150 hectares.
Meat and dairy cattle breeding
Cow growing can be made in two directions:
- Dairy
- Meat cattle breeding.
Meat cattle breeding means growing cows for receiving beef. Such burenok breeds are not used as milking. They are contained for the birth of young, which is subsequently refused and at the age of 1-1.5 years goes to slaughter. This option is beneficial to the fact that the first half of the calves feed on the mother's milk, and the cost of the farmer is almost equal to zero.
Dairy cattle breeding has certain advantages. So, in addition to producing milk, it is possible to obtain beef.
Sale of meat, like milk - advantageous lesson
After selecting the direction, there is a turn of organizational issues. To implement such activities, you need to register an enterprise. Business on the village in this case has its own specifics. Such organizational forms as KFH and LPH were the greatest popularity.
KFH - The peasant farming is a unification of farmers engaged in joint agricultural activities with a common property owned.
LPH - Personal subsidiary farming is a simpler option. In this case, there is no need to register in the tax. The economy is conducted as a family farm. But there are also its requirements for such activities. You can find out in more detail in our.
Farm arrangement
The content of 100 cows and calves with three bulls will require 2 rooms, each size of 70 × 20 meters with a walking pad. Such a farm does not need heating in winter. But it is extremely important to observe the level of humidity - the room should be dry and without drafts. 
Do you need an automatic feed feed? If no more than 100 cows are planned, then for such a small herd, it is enough to feed manually. With 300 and more heads, a mechanized feed is performed.
In general, the organization of food is a serious question for such a business. Feeding is different at different times of the year. In the summer, the main part of the food is fresh grass. In winter cows, feed in advance with hay, vegetables (potatoes, carrots, beet), silage, feed.
Annual feed intake for one cow:
- Green mass - 10 tons
- Hay - 2 tons
- Straw - 1 ton
- Silo - 4 tons
- Roots - 2.5 tons.
It is also very important to give cows 100 grams of salt per day to maintain a normal acid salt balance.
If all of the above has to be purchased, then a year for one cow will leave 41 thousand rubles. Therefore, it is very important that farmer has a large plot of land, which can be used as a pasture, as well as for the preparation of the hay.
Farm opening costs
It is better to start this matter with the purchase of a small amount of cows. As business develops, you can always buy more livestock. At first, 10 cows are enough, a little later - 10 more. As soon as the stable income appears, the livestock can be increased.
The business plan of the CFC includes the following costs:
- The construction or repair of the farm is about 200 thousand rubles
- Buying cows 7 goals - about 300 thousand rubles
- Buying bulls 3 heads - approximately 200 thousand rubles
- Registration of activities - 15-20 thousand.
Thus, the opening of the business will leave from 600 thousand to 1 million rubles.
How much can you earn?
The first end of the cows is held at the age of 1.5 years, and the carriage of calves lasts 285 days, then you should not rely on the ambulance payback.
You will start real income to receive only by the end of the first or even second year of the farm.
One cow brings 1 calf a year. Lactation lasts about 300 days. Therefore, the first 2-3 months after the half of the milk will go to the calf fattening. 
1 Cow per day gives 10 liters of milk. The first three months of lactation can be realized about 5 liters per day from one cow. With 4 cows - 20 liters.
After lactation, all 10 liters per day from the cow will go to the implementation.
The average cost of 1 liter of milk is approximately 60 rubles. Consequently, during the lactation from one animal, 27 thousand rubles can be reserved for 3 months. Multiply the number of cows to get the final revenue. And this is only when selling milk. If you additionally do the production of sour cream, cottage cheese, oil and cream, income will increase. 
The calves can also be sold as a young or rejection and allow to slaughter with subsequent sale of meat. For the cultivation of calves for meat, it will take about a year on fattening.
The average weight of the dairy cow at the age of 1 is 300 kg, the bull is up to 400 kg. With a slaughter, beef yield is 50%. The cost of 1 kg of meat is 300 rubles. Thus, revenue from the sale of meat will be 45-60 thousand rubles.
Given the small costs of the entrance and support of the state, as well as the diversity of earnings on a cattle breeding farm (the sale of milk, young, meat), it is obvious that business in cattle breeding is a very profitable occupation.
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