Table 5. Forage dry matter biomass and crude protein yield and costs for pastures grazed during the summer 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 Jun-mid Oct
Native Rangeland (12-m RS)	8.76			8.76	363	48.26	9.6	34.85	0.25
Native Rangeland (6.0-m SL)	8.76			8.76	226	77.50
Native Rangeland (4.5-m SL)	8.76			8.76	320	54.75
Native Rangeland (4.0-m Def)	8.76			8.76	412	42.52
Native Rangeland (4.5-m TOR)	8.76			8.76	449	39.02