In the last issue of Country Guide there is a good article on farming in Finland. The farm in question was considered very large at 790 acres. They grew barley and oats and fed them to 450 calves. Yields were similar to Canada. The calves looked mostly like dairy calves. Now comes the startling thing...the prices they recieve!!! $975,000 gross per year! $375,000 of that in direct subsidies! From the sounds of this article all feed was fed through the calves, thus all income came from the calves plus the subsidies. Therefore, per calf the market was paying them $1,333. Comparable to a good beef steer here, right? But the subsidy per calf worked out to $833! So the total per calf came to $2167!!
Now how do you think the old boys down in feed lot alley would like that price?
We'd have cattle backed up all the way to the bloody artic circle!! Wouldn't it be nice if our government subsidized us $833/calf?
Now how do you think the old boys down in feed lot alley would like that price?
We'd have cattle backed up all the way to the bloody artic circle!! Wouldn't it be nice if our government subsidized us $833/calf?
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