Table 4. Forage-feed costs during the summer portion of the lactation production period. | |||||||
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Area ac/pp | Forage Dry Matter $/ton | Crude Protein $/lb | Forage Cost $/pp | Supplement Cost $/pp | Total Feed Cost $/pp | Cost per Day $/d |
Crested
Wheatgrass Mature | 2.57 | 34.80 | 0.28 | 95.90 | 32.14 | 128.04 | 0.93 |
Crested
Wheatgrass Boot Stage | 1.82 | 40.80 | 0.14 | 47.95 | 30.42 | 78.37 | 0.57 |
Forage
Barley Milk | 0.56 | 28.80 | 0.11 | 38.36 | 25.65 | 64.01 | 0.47 |
Forage
Barley Hard Do. | 0.73 | 27.40 | 0.15 | 56.06 | 6.47 | 58.53 | 0.43 |
Oat Forage
Milk | 0.64 | 29.60 | 0.13 | 45.21 | 19.66 | 64.87 | 0.47 |
Oat Forage
Hard Do. | 0.73 | 26.40 | 0.17 | 58.91 | 16.44 | 75.35 | 0.55 |
Pea Forage
Early | 0.65 | 55.00 | 0.15 | 52.06 | 40.04 | 92.10 | 0.67 |
Pea Forage
Late | 0.51 | 37.40 | 0.13 | 45.21 | 30.21 | 75.42 | 0.55 |
Forage
Lentil Early | 0.95 | 71.60 | 0.17 | 58.91 | 44.35 | 103.26 | 0.75 |
Forage
Lentil Late | 0.60 | 37.00 | 0.13 | 45.21 | 30.93 | 76.14 | 0.56 |
Oat-Pea
Forage Hay | 0.53 | 37.20 | 0.16 | 52.06 | 23.74 | 75.80 | 0.55 |