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Well, the degree to which costs would have to be scaled down can't be understated; 2.5 million euros for 40 cows. Yikes.
by Aelinsaar 10y ago
Well, the degree to which costs would have to be scaled down can't be understated; 2.5 million euros for 40 cows. Yikes.
- rmason 10y agoUnless it doubles as a tourist attraction that charges admission the economics will not work.
- randomdata 10y agoHere I was thinking that it wasn't ridiculously out of line like some of these urban farming projects. Looking at the farms for sale in my area, there's a traditional land-based dairy farm in a rural area – with 50kg of quota (approximately 50 cows) – listed at $4M Canadian dollars, or just shy of €2.8M at the current exchange rate.
- krrrh 10y agoThise numbers say a lot more about the need to reform Canada's supply management system for dairy production which is basically analogous to taxi medallions for dairy cows. It's why cheese and milk are roughly twice as expensive as in the US.
- lostlogin 10y agoThe US isn't much better. The subsidies farmers get block more efficiently farmed dairy here in New Zealand and are a source of some frustration to NZ farmers.