Table 4. Forage dry matter biomass and crude protein yield and costs for pastures grazed during the spring portion of the 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
early May-late May
Native Rangeland (12-m RS)	8.76			8.76	195	89.85	16.3	31.79	0.28
Native Rangeland (6.0-m SL)	8.76			8.76	226	77.52
Crested Wheatgrass Unfertilized (4.5-m SL)	8.76			8.76	495	35.39
Crested Wheatgrass Unfertilized (4.0-m Def)	8.76			8.76	548	31.97
Crested Wheatgrass Fertilized (4.5-m TOR)	8.76	12.50		21.26	1240	34.29