Table 3. Costs-returns per acre during the 167-day nongrowing season.
Forage-Type Treatments	Production Cost $/ac	Acres per Nongrowing Season ac	Crude Protein Yield lb/ac	Crude Protein Cost $/lb	Net Return per Acre $
Reserved Native Range with cake	8.76	28.89	8.74	1.04	-5.40
Cropland Aftermath and Mature Crested Wheatgrass with cake	7.98	9.21	102	0.28	0.99
Mature Crested Wheatgrass with cake	28.11	2.58	102	0.28	3.81
Mature Crested Wheatgrass with cake and alfalfa-silage	28.11	2.72	102	0.28	7.79
Crested Wheatgrass, Early	26.50	1.80	189	0.14	26.41
Forage Barley, Early	68.21	0.54	606	0.11	115.07
Forage Barley, Late	70.35	0.70	468	0.15	87.40
Oat Forage, Early	69.17	0.63	535	0.13	98.46
Oat Forage, Late	74.53	0.70	435	0.17	82.49
Pea Forage, Early	79.96	0.64	526	0.15	53.92
Pea Forage, Late	86.87	0.50	685	0.13	103.30
Forage Lentil, Early	59.69	0.93	361	0.17	25.31
Forage Lentil, Late	71.48	0.61	567	0.13	83.15
Oat-Pea Forage	95.52	0.52	611	0.15	97.31