Cow cash lease and cow-calf share lease agreements are a way for individuals to join forces to leverage resources in the production of weaned calves.

Imagine you are playing a betting game and you have brought $20 you are willing to bet. The odds for the game are 4 to 1. If you aren’t familiar with fractional odds, this means that winning the bet would make you 4 x $20, or $80.

When looking at annual cow costs and doing an economic analysis, three categories rise to the top as the largest percentage of total costs: feed, labor and equipment, and cow depreciation.