According to the ag census farmers in Alberta spend 90% of their gross sales on operating expenses. The livestock portion is even worse than this but we'll go with the 90% figure.
Now if you sling hamburgers at MacDonalds for $7.50 /hr. and you work 40 hrs./week, 52 weeks a year you get $15,600/yr. So to make the same amount in cattle you would need gross sales of $156,000! Say $800/calf with a 96% calf crop. You need 203 cows! Now if you want to move up the chain to say the wage of someone mowing grass for the city at $10.75/hr. you need 291 cows! If you were a schoolteacher you would need 780 cows! Kind of amazing isn't it?
Now if you sling hamburgers at MacDonalds for $7.50 /hr. and you work 40 hrs./week, 52 weeks a year you get $15,600/yr. So to make the same amount in cattle you would need gross sales of $156,000! Say $800/calf with a 96% calf crop. You need 203 cows! Now if you want to move up the chain to say the wage of someone mowing grass for the city at $10.75/hr. you need 291 cows! If you were a schoolteacher you would need 780 cows! Kind of amazing isn't it?
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