Table 1. Forage dry matter biomass and crude protein yield and costs for pastures grazed during the dry gestation production period. | ||||||||||
Costs/acre | ||||||||||
Land Rent | Custom Work | Baling Costs | Production
Costs $/ac | Forage
Biomass Yield lb/ac | Forage Biomass Costs $/ton | Crude Protein % | Crude
Protein Yield lb/ac | Crude
Protein Costs $/lb | ||
mid Nov-mid Dec | ||||||||||
Native
Rangeland (12-m RS) | 8.76 | 8.76 | 180 | 97.33 | 4.8 | 8.64 | 1.01 | |||
Cropland Aftermath | 2.00 | 2.00 | 135 | 29.63 |