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A project Plan for a Commercial Dairy Farm of 100 cows Dairy Herd
Composition of a 100 cows dairy herd: 60-65 numbers of Cows in Milk and 35-40 numbers of Dry Cows.
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Replacing 20 Heifer cows and selling price of rest 10 heifers @ Tk 35,000= 35,000×10 3,50,000
Total Income from surplus Livestock during 3rd year of farming= ( 9,00000 + 9,00000+ 28,50,000
3,50,000+ 7,00000)
A. Fixed cost:
1. Land : 1.8 Acre for establishing Farm. We assume that we have land.
3. Building :
a) Building cost for 65 cows ; 45 sq.ft per cow total 2925 sq.ft @ 600/sq.ft (2925 x 17,55,000
600)
c) Baby calf shed for 100 calves-30sq./calf-total 3000 sq.ft @Tk 300/sq.ft (3000×300) 9,00000
d) Heifer shed for 30 heifer 30 sq.ft/Heifer total 900 sq.ft @ Tk 400 (900×400) 3,60,000
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g) Feed storage and mixing room: (23’ x 15’) = 345 sq. ft @ Tk 650 2, 24,000
c) Vehicles 12,00000
d) Motor 12,000
e) Furniture 18,000
f) Others 10,000
Total 16,70,000
B. Recurring Expenditure:
1. Feed Cost:
a) Concentrate feed :
Assume, average milk production 12 litter, lactation period 285 days. For 65 milking 22,23,000
cows concentrate feed requires 65 x 6kg /cow= 390 kg @ Tk 20 / kgconcentrate feed
cost for milking cows =( 390 x 285 x 20)
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For 35 Dry cows 2 kg concentrate / day for 365 days @ 20 / kg Feed( 35 x 365 x 2 x 5,11,000
20)
For 70 calf per day 1 kg Feed @ Tk 20 / Kg for 365 days=( 70 x 365 x 20) 5, 11,000
b) Green Grass:
For milking cow 15 kg green grass / Day/Cow for 285 days @ Tk .80/ Kg( 65 x 15 x 2,22, 300
285 x .80)
For 35 Dry Cows 10 kg green grass/ day/ cows for 365 days @ Tk .80/ kg( 35 x 10 x 1,02,200 .
365 x .80)
For 70 calf 3 kg green grass/ day/ Calf for 365 days @ Tk .80/Kg( 70 x 3 x 365 x .80) 61,320
2. Personnel Cost:
Total 5, 60,000
3. Depreciation Cost:
Total 2, 54,180
4. Bank Interest on invested capital (1, 40, 29,000 ) @ 12% / year 16, 83,480
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Income:
Net income / profit during 1st year of farming = (Total Gross income – total recurring 47, 93, 0 20
cost) =1, 12, 15,000 – 64, 21,980 TK
Net income / profit during 2nd year of farming = (Total Gross income – Total recurring 56, 93, 0 20
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Net income / profit during 3rd year of farming (Total Gross income – Total recurring 67, 43, 0 20
cost 1, 31, 65,000 – 64, 21,980
During 4th year of farming net Income: Same as shown in 3rd year
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