Rent
Work
Costs
$/ac
Yield
lb/ac
Biomass Costs
$/ton
Protein
%
lb/ac
Costs
$/lb
(12-m RS)
| Table 3. Forage dry matter biomass and crude protein yield and costs for pastures grazed during the early lactation production period. | |||||||||
| Costs/acre | | | | | | | ||
|
Land Rent | Custom Work | Baling Costs | Production
Costs $/ac | Forage
Biomass Yield lb/ac | Forage Biomass Costs $/ton | Crude Protein % | Crude
Protein Yield lb/ac | Crude
Protein Costs $/lb |
| mid Mar-late Apr | | | | | | | | | |
| Native
Rangeland (12-m RS) | 8.76 | | | 8.76 | 125 | 140.16 | 9.2 | 11.50 | 0.76 |