{"id":3189,"date":"2022-09-21T13:18:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T11:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simherd.com\/?p=3189"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:03:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T13:03:54","slug":"low-cost-high-workload","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simherd.com\/en\/low-cost-high-workload\/","title":{"rendered":"Low-cost high workload"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-720264172\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1498449402\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">Ren\u00e9 Hummelmose has always focused on running a low-cost operation. This has now resulted in some challenges at his herd.<\/span><br><\/strong><\/em>Currently Ren\u00e9 Hummelmose has animals on five different locations. By building a new barn for youngstock and dry cows, it will now be possible to only have cows and heifers on two different locations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 85%; color: #13508a;\">\u201cCurrently we sort which heifers need to come home to the main facility every week. This can easily take all morning for two people which adds up to many hours during a year\u201d says Ren\u00e9 Hummelmose.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-44573502\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1791097253\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rene-hummelmose-portraet-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rene-hummelmose-portraet-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rene-hummelmose-portraet-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rene-hummelmose-portraet-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rene-hummelmose-portraet-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rene-hummelmose-portraet-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1791097253 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-2099404903\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-446082631\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3><strong>Low cost<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The philosophy behind the way Ren\u00e9 Hummelmose runs his farm and increases his bottom line is low cost. This is also reflected in the way the new barn is being built.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #13508a;\">We have sandbedding instead of mattresses because it is cheaper, and our curtains are manual not automatic\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is also the low-cost philosophy that initially led to the cows and heifers being spread out on five locations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 85%; color: #13508a;\">\u201cWe had the opportunity to make some very good rental agreements, so it was cheaper to rent compared to building a new barn,\u201d he says. The downside has according to Ren\u00e9 Hummelmose been all the hassle and extra work this has resulted in. I\u2019m tired of using so much time sorting and moving animals around,\u201d he says and adds \u201cthe increase in wages also challenges the low-cost philosophy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Several reasons for the new barn<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There are several reasons behind the decision to build a new stable for Ren\u00e9 Hummelmose. One of his rental agreements couldn\u2019t be renewed, and the time spent and hassle of having the animals spread on several locations became too much.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #13508a; font-size: 85%;\">\u201cWe also have too many heifers with bad legs, because they have been raised in old barns,\u201d says Ren\u00e9 Hummelmose<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1966565716\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-209676438\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1514029715\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" style=\"margin:30px 0px 0px 0px;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rene-Hummelmose-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rene-Hummelmose-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rene-Hummelmose-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rene-Hummelmose-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rene-Hummelmose-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/simherd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rene-Hummelmose-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1514029715 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-996470004\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3><strong>SimHerd helped make the decision<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>When the idea of building a new barn started growing, Ren\u00e9 Hummelmose reached out to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vikingdanmark.dk\/da-dk\">VikingDanmark<\/a> breeding advisor, who put him in contact with SimHerd. After an introduction to the current problem, SimHerd then estimated the effect of building a new barn.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #13508a; font-size: 85%;\">&#8220;The SimHerd calculation has been very useful for me. It gave me an answer to what effect the changes we were going to make on the farm were going to be. It has been a good aid&#8221;, says Ren\u00e9 Hummelmose, who has also used the calculations in the dialog with his bank, to help convince them it was a sound investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<p>The calculations include several strategic changes Ren\u00e9 Hummelmose is going to make in connection with building the new barn. Previously he has used a bull for the heifers, but in the future the best heifers will be inseminated with sexed semen and a larger proportion of the cows will be inseminated with beef semen.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Herd expansion an extra bonus<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>His overall breeding goal will remain the same. Ren\u00e9 wants cows with a high yield, that can look after themselves with little intervention. He is looking forward to selling his beef x dairy bull calves at a higher value than purebred bull calves.<\/p>\n<p>In the calculations, the number of cows has also been increased.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 85%; color: #13508a;\">\u201cWith the new barn, it has made it possible to expand the herd with 50 cows\u201d he says and explains that he also considered the possibility of buying in all youngstock instead of building a new barn. However, his herd has a size, that would make it difficult to get all youngstock from a single producer. This would mean a risk of diseases. \u201cWe have previously had Salmonella, and it is therefore very important for us to have a closed system to avoid contamination,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If you are interested in a SimHerd calculation at your herd \u2013 please feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/simherd.com\/en\/contact-us\/\">contact us.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently Ren\u00e9 Hummelmose has animals on five different locations. 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