Special Report No. 19
September 1972
Four Corners Agriculture and Forestry Development Study
Feasibility of Raising
Replacement Dairy Heifers
in the Four Corners Economic Development Region
Report to
Four Corners Regional Commission
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NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
In Cooperation with the Stations of
University of Arizona
Colorado State University
and Utah State University
Introduction; Objectives; Procedures and sources of data; Projected outlook; Potential size of the market; Prices received for cows by Utah farmers; Enterprise evaluation; Production costs; Factors contributing to variations in cost; returns; Establishment of a dairy heifer enterprise; Source of calves; When to start; Problems in implementation; implementation plan; Employment potential; Income potential; Secondary impacts; Appendix—suggested contractual arrangements for raising dairy heifers
Description
The purpose of this report is to determine the economic feasibility of raising replacement dairy heifers in the Four Corners Economic Development Region, to determine the potential for increasing employment and incomes in the region, and to describe a plan for the implementation of this development opportunity.
McArthur, J'Wayne; Lamb, Robert C.; Andersen, Jay C.; Capener, William N. (William Norman), 1925-;
Date Original
1972-09
Digital Publisher
New Mexico State University Library
Rights
Copyright, NMSU Board of Regents.
Collection
NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications
Digital Identifier
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Feasibility of raising replacement dairy heifers
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Language
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Special Report No. 19
September 1972
Four Corners Agriculture and Forestry Development Study
Feasibility of Raising
Replacement Dairy Heifers
in the Four Corners Economic Development Region
Report to
Four Corners Regional Commission
-_-___lpo
S93 i A
.E5& |\ ^
no.19 S^ m
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
In Cooperation with the Stations of
University of Arizona
Colorado State University
and Utah State University
