Table 15. Twelve-month forage costs for the late-cut forage lentil 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 | 3867 | 3867 | 3867 | 3867 | 3867 | 3867 |
Forage DM/AU | lb/d |
24 |
24 |
27 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
Production Cost | $/ac | 71.48 | 71.48 | 71.48 | 71.48 | 71.48 | 71.48 |
Forage DM Cost | $/ton | 37.00 | 37.00 | 37.00 | 37.00 | 37.00 | 37.00 |
Land Area/Mo | ac | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 |
Land Area/PP | ac | 0.09 | 0.30 | 0.22 | 0.14 | 0.60 | 0.13 |
Land Cost/Mo | $/mo | 1.77 | 2.21 | 3.09 | 2.87 | 2.87 | 2.87 |
Land Cost/PP | $/pp | 1.99 | 6.62 | 4.86 | 3.09 | 13.24 | 2.87 |
Forage Cost/D | $/d | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.33 |
Forage Cost/Mo | $/mo | 5.70 | 7.20 | 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 | % | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.7 |
Crude Protein | lb/ac |
567 |
567 |
567 | 567 | 567 |
567 |
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 | 13.9 | 11.3 | 8.4 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 |
CP/D | lb/d | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Sup. Cost/PP | $/pp | 7.78 | 17.80 | 6.62 | 7.00 | 30.93 | 6.77 |
Total Feed Cost | $/pp | 13.86 | 39.40 | 22.37 | 17.23 | 76.14 | 16.67 |
Cost/D | $/d | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.56 |