Pine City, MN | behog - 2/26/2012 11:03
How does it not take equipment to handle sand?? I cant afford to buy the sand and not recycle it. Sand around here is 30 dollars a ton delivered.. If i bedded my 225 cows on sand it would cost 120000 a year just for the sand. Then I have to figure out how to get it out of my pit. and rebuild my pumps every year.
I agree that sand is the gold standard of bedding, but I am just not willing at this time to spend 100k plus on upgrades to handle sand.
225 x 5lb per more per cow/day..(and it going to be closer to 10) at 15$ milk is $61,593.75 a year.. Pretty good return.. Figure 19 per 100 its $78,018.75.. subtract what you spend now for bedding could pay for it in 1 or 2 years at the most..
Sand pays..
Edited by minn gopher 2/26/2012 13:36
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