Analysis of Cattle Farming Costs and Profits with a Detailed Explanation of the Farming Cycle

Cattle are an ordinary cattle breed native to China. Cattle have very short horns, and their coats are yellowish-brown or black, though some are also mixed-colored; cattle hair is very short. Cattle can be used for plowing fields or pulling carts, their meat can be enjoyed by people, and their hide can be made into leather. This is also the biggest reason why cattle are being farmed by more and more people.

Analysis of Cattle Farming Costs and Profits

1. Cattle farming costs. Feed cost 2100 yuan, medical cost 80 yuan, calf purchase cost 40 yuan, other costs 324 yuan, labor cost 1500 yuan;. The total is 8000 yuan.

2. Cattle farming profits. Assuming the market price is 30 yuan/kg, 1 head of fattened cattle is 500 kg. In this way, the gross income per head of cattle farmed is 15000, minus the above cost input, the profit is 15000-8000=7000 yuan.

3. First, the cost of introducing calves: at current market prices, buying one calf costs about 1800 yuan. If each calf can be raised to more than 1300 jin before being sent to market, and the current market price for slaughter cattle above 1000 jin is 13 yuan per market jin, it is estimated that each head can sell for 16900 yuan.

4. Second, feed costs: the roughage for feeding beef cattle includes straw, distillers' grains, dry corn stalks, wheat straw, peanut straw, sweet potato vines and rice straw, etc.

How long is the cattle farming cycle

1. It depends on the age in months of the calves you raise. The breed you raise, feeding and management techniques, and farming techniques are very important, directly affecting the rate at which cattle gain value, and the size at which you start farming also means the time to market will differ. If you start raising them in pens at around 200 jin, they can generally be sent to market in about ten months, and their body weight can reach about 600 kg; with common breeds nowadays, they can basically all be sent to market within one year.

2. In the process of cattle feeding and management, you should do the following: First, all the various feeds that make up the daily ration of fattening beef cattle should be mixed in proportion, moistened with water added, and then fed, but note that the amount mixed each time should be limited to what can satisfy the cattle's feed intake for 4—6 hours, to prevent the mixed feed from fermenting and generating heat. Second, free feeding should be implemented to meet the nutritional needs of cattle growth and development.

Prevention and treatment of common cattle diseases

1. Rheumatism: the affected cattle have a stiff hindquarters, difficulty standing up and lying down, and reduced appetite. Treatment can use hot compress method: take 15 kg of black beans, 0.5 kg of vinegar, 1 flour bag; stir-fry the beans until hot, add vinegar and mix well, while hot put them into the flour bag and place it flat on the affected cattle's waist for hot compress for 1 hour, apply 2 times a day, for 3 consecutive days. At the same time, taking fennel powder orally gives a better effect.

2. Fore-stomach atony: the affected cattle's appetite is sometimes good and sometimes bad, and rumination is weakened or stops. During treatment, give the sick cattle an intravenous injection of 300-500 ml of 10% sodium chloride, 30-50 ml of vitamin B1, and 10-20 ml of 10% caffeine sodium benzoate, once a day; at the same time, take 30 grams each of codonopsis, atractylodes, tangerine peel, poria, and costus, 60 grams each of malt, hawthorn, and medicated leaven, and 20 grams of betel nut, decoct in water and take orally.

3. Acute ruminal tympany, caused by eating too much cabbage leaf and sweet potato vine, which rapidly ferment and produce gas. The affected cattle's flank swells, and percussion sounds like a drum. Treatment: mash 10 garlic bulbs, add 500 ml of vinegar, and take orally; mix 250-500 ml of sesame oil, 50 grams of cut tobacco, and 7 mashed garlic bulbs and take orally; take 2000 ml of 0.4% limewater orally at one time.

What to pay attention to when raising cattle

1. To raise cattle, first of all you need good beef cattle breeds, which grow quickly and large; good breeds also have good body condition and sell at a high price, so profits are naturally high. The quality of the cattle and the quality of the beef cattle determine the success or failure of your cattle farming. If cattle quality is good, the disease rate is low, and there is no mortality rate; if quality is not good, the disease rate is high, and there will not be good benefits either; growth is slow, body condition is poor, and the selling price will certainly be low.

2. Season: beef cattle fattening is best in autumn, followed by spring and winter. If the summer temperature exceeds 30 degrees C, beef cattle have fast metabolism and low feed conversion, so heat prevention and cooling work must be done well.

3. Castration: research in recent years shows that if bulls are fattened before 2 years of age, growth speed is fast, lean meat rate is high, and feed conversion is high; for bulls over 2 years old, it is advisable to fatten them after castration, otherwise management is inconvenient, and the meat will have a gamy smell, affecting carcass quality.

Under good feeding conditions, cattle can achieve a daily weight gain of more than 800 grams. After high-intensity fattening, the slaughter rate is above 60%. The meat is fine and tender, with good fat distribution, a delicious taste, and a rich meaty flavor without fishiness or gaminess; the meat-to-bone ratio is high, the carcass fat proportion is low, the muscle proportion is high, and the ribeye area is large, so it can be used to produce high-grade beef. Therefore, the profits from cattle are still quite considerable.