Table 21. Forage costs of annual cereal hays to be fed to range cows during the 30-day fall portion of the lactation production period. | |||||
![]() | ![]() | Forage Barley Hay | Forage Barley Hay | Oat Forage Hay | Oat Forage Hay |
Growth Stage | ![]() | Milk | Hard
Dough | Milk | Hard
Dough |
Herbage Weight | lb/ac | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Forage DM Weight | lb/ac | 4733 | 5133 | 4667 | 5667 |
Costs/Acre | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
![]() | $ | 22.07 | 22.07 | 22.07 | 22.07 |
![]() | $ | 16.08 | 16.08 | 16.08 | 16.08 |
![]() | $ | 4.69 | 4.69 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
![]() | $ | 25.37 | 27.51 | 25.02 | 30.38 |
Production Costs | $/ac | 68.21 | 70.35 | 69.17 | 74.53 |
Forage DM Costs | $/ton | 28.80 | 27.40 | 29.60 | 26.40 |
Land Area/Month | ac | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.16 |
Land Area/Period | ac | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.16 |
Land Costs/Period | $/pp | 2.65 | 3.53 | 3.09 | 3.53 |
Forage Costs/Day | $/d | 0.28 | 0.38 | 0.33 | 0.43 |
Forage Costs/Period | $/pp | 8.40 | 11.40 | 9.90 | 12.90 |
Crude Protein | % | 13.0 | 9.2 | 11.5 | 7.8 |
Crude Protein Yield | lb/ac | 606 | 468 | 535 | 435 |
Crude Protein Cost | $/lb | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.13 |
0.17 |
Supplementation | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
![]() | lb/d | 10.7 | 2.7 | 8.2 | |
![]() | lb/d | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 0.40 |
Sup. Cost/Period | $/pp | 5.62 | 1.42 | 4.31 | 3.60 |
Total Feed Cost | $/pp | 14.02 | 12.82 | 14.21 | 16.50 |
Cost/Day | $/d | 0.47 | 0.43 | 0.47 | 0.55 |