Table 1. Pasture and forage costs during the 167-day nongrowing season. | |||||
Forage-Type Treatments | Forage
Dry Matter Cost $/ton | Forage
Cost $ | Supplement
Cost $ | Total
Feed Cost $ | Cost
per Day $/d |
Reserved Native Range with cake | 122
.13 | 252.99 | 26.08 | 279.07 | 1.67 |
Cropland Aftermath and Mature Crested Wheatgrass with cake | 43.72 |
94.75 |
22.52 |
117.27 |
0.70 |
Mature
Crested Wheatgrass with cake | 34.80 |
93.67 |
22.86 |
116.53 |
0.70 |
Mature
Crested Wheatgrass with cake and alfalfa-silage | 34.80 |
77.92 |
27.25 |
105.17 |
0.63 |
Crested Wheatgrass, Early | 40.80 | 47.22 | 31.59 | 78.81 | 0.47 |
Forage Barley, Early | 28.80 | 37.52 | 26.69 | 64.21 | 0.38 |
Forage Barley, Late | 27.40 | 51.59 | 13.58 | 65.17 | 0.39 |
Oat Forage, Early | 29.60 | 43.43 | 20.89 | 64.32 | 0.39 |
Oat Forage, Late | 26.40 | 57.50 | 11.11 | 68.61 | 0.41 |
Pea Forage, Early | 55.00 | 50.69 | 41.15 | 91.84 | 0.55 |
Pea Forage, Late | 37.40 | 43.40 | 31.30 | 74.70 | 0.45 |
Forage Lentil, Early | 71.60 | 57.50 | 45.31 | 102.81 | 0.62 |
Forage Lentil, Late | 37.00 | 43.43 | 32.20 | 75.63 | 0.45 |
Oat-Pea Forage | 37.20 | 50.69 | 25.06 | 75.75 | 0.45 |