Table 9. Forage costs of annual legume hays to be fed to range cows during the 45-day early lactation production period. | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | Pea Forage Hay | Pea Forage Hay | Forage Lentil Hay | Forage Lentil Hay | Oat-Pea Hay |
Growth Stage | ![]() | Early | Late | Early | Late | ![]() |
Herbage Weight | lb/ac | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Forage DM Weight | lb/ac | 2800 | 4650 | 1667 | 3867 | 5143 |
Costs/Acre | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
![]() | $ | 22.07 | 22.07 | 22.07 | 22.07 | 22.07 |
![]() | $ | 16.08 | 16.08 | 16.08 | 16.08 | 16.08 |
![]() | $ | 23.80 | 23.80 | 12.60 | 12.60 | 29.80 |
![]() | $ | 15.01 | 24.92 | 8.94 | 20.73 | 27.57 |
Production Costs | $/ac | 79.96 | 86.87 | 59.69 | 71.48 | 95.52 |
Forage DM Costs | $/ton | 55.00 | 37.40 | 71.60 | 37.00 | 37.20 |
Land Area/Month | ac | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.23 | 0.14 | 0.13 |
Land Area/Period | ac | 0.23 | 0.18 | 0.34 | 0.22 | 0.19 |
Land Cost/Period | $/pp | 5.08 | 3.97 | 7.50 | 4.86 | 4.19 |
Forage Costs/Day | $/d | 0.41 | 0.35 | 0.46 | 0.35 | 0.41 |
Forage Costs/Period | $/pp | 18.45 | 15.75 | 20.70 | 15.75 | 18.45 |
Crude Protein | % | 18.9 | 14.4 | 21.8 | 14.7 | 12.5 |
Crude Protein Yield | lb/ac | 526 | 685 | 361 | 567 | 611 |
Crude Protein Cost | $/lb | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.16 |
Supplementation | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
![]() | lb/d | 12.6 | 8.0 | 14.5 | 8.4 | 5.2 |
![]() | lb/d | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Sup. Cost/Period | $/pp | 9.92 | 6.30 | 11.42 | 6.62 | 4.10 |
Total Feed Cost | $/pp | 28.37 | 22.05 | 32.12 | 22.37 | 22.55 |
Cost/Day | $/d | 0.63 | 0.49 | 0.71 | 0.50 | 0.50 |