2010 Dairy Budgets

Idaho ranked fourth in the nation for milk production in 2009. While the number of dairies fell by 71%, from 2,769 in 1987 to 811 in 2007, the number of dairy cows in Idaho has increased by 240%, from 157,665 in 1987 to 536,463 in 2007. The average herd size has increased from 57 to 661 during that same time period.

Two new budgets were created in 2010, a 2,500-head free stall budget and a 5,000-head open lot budget. These budgets are available as pdfs and also as spreadsheets. Updates are also available for the standard dairy budgets as described below.

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EBB-D1-10 Enterprise Budget for 210-Head Open Lot Holstein Herd

 pdf spreadsheet

EBB-D2-10 Enterprise Budget for 210-Head Free Stall Holstein Herd

 pdf spreadsheet

EBB-D3-10 Enterprise Budget for 120-Head Free Stall Jersey Dairy

 pdf spreadsheet

EBB-D4-10 Enterprise Budget for 2500-Head Free Stall Dairy

 pdf spreadsheet

EBB-D5-10 Enterprise Budget for 5000-Head Open Lot Dairy

 pdf spreadsheet

 

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