Table 6. Forage dry matter biomass and crude protein yield and costs for pastures grazed during the fall 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
mid Oct-late Oct
Native Rangeland (12-m RS)		8.76			8.76	218	80.37	4.8	10.46	0.34
Native Rangeland (SL 4.5-m)		8.76			8.76	243	72.10
early Nov-mid Nov
Native Rangeland (12-m RS)		8.76			8.76	180	97.33	4.8	8.64	1.01
mid Oct-mid Nov
Native Rangeland (SL 5-6-m)		8.76			8.76	356	49.21
Native Rangeland (6.0-m SL)		8.76			8.76	223	78.57
Native Rangeland (4.0-m Def)		8.76			8.76	412	42.52
Altai Wildrye (4.5-m TOR)		8.76			8.76	648	27.04
Cropland Aftermath (4.5-m SL)		2.00			2.00	135	29.63