Table 13. Twelve-month forage costs for the late-cut pea harvested-forage management strategy. | |||||||
![]() | Dry Gestation | Third Trimester | Early Lactation | Lactation | Lactation |
Lactation | |
Season | ![]() | Late Fall | Winter | Early Spring | Spring |
Summer | Early
Late Fall |
Days | ![]() |
32 |
90 |
45 |
31 |
137 |
30 |
Herbage Wt | lb/ac | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Forage Wt | lb/ac | 4650 | 4650 | 4650 | 4650 | 4650 | 4650 |
Forage DM/AU | lb/d |
24 |
24 |
27 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
Production Cost | $/ac | 86.87 | 86.87 | 86.87 | 86.87 | 86.87 | 86.87 |
Forage DM Cost | $/ton | 37.40 | 37.40 | 37.40 | 37.40 | 37.40 | 37.40 |
Land Area/Mo | ac | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 |
Land Area/PP | ac | 0.07 | 0.25 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.51 | 0.11 |
Land Cost/Mo | $/mo | 1.54 | 1.77 | 2.65 | 2.43 | 2.43 | 2.43 |
Land Cost/PP | $/pp | 1.54 | 5.52 | 3.97 | 2.65 | 11.26 | 2.43 |
Forage Cost/D | $/d | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.33 |
Forage Cost/Mo | $/mo | 5.70 | 7.50 | 10.50 | 9.90 | 9.90 | 9.90 |
Forage Cost/PP | $/pp | 6.08 | 21.60 | 15.75 | 10.23 | 45.21 | 9.90 |
Crude Protein | % | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.4 |
Crude Protein | lb/ac |
685 |
685 |
685 | 685 | 685 |
685 |
Cost CP | $/lb | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 |
Cow CP/D | lb/d | 1.49 | 1.87 | 2.73 | 2.51 | 2.51 | 2.51 |
Supplementation | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Roughage/D | lb/d | 13.7 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 |
CP/D | lb/d | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Sup. Cost/PP | $/pp | 7.67 | 17.33 | 6.30 | 6.84 | 30.21 | 6.62 |
Total Feed Cost | $/pp | 13.75 | 38.93 | 22.05 | 17.07 | 75.42 | 16.52 |
Cost/D | $/d | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.49 | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.55 |