| Table 5. Forage costs of annual cereal hays to be fed to range cows during the 90-day third trimester production period. | |||||
 | | Forage
Barley Hay | Forage
Barley Hay | Oat
Forage Hay | Oat
Forage Hay |
| Growth Stage | | Milk | Hard Dough | Milk | Hard Dough |
| Herbage Weight | lb/ac | | | | |
| Forage DM Weight | lb/ac | 4733 | 5133 | 4667 | 5667 |
| Costs/Acre | | | | | |
| Land
Rent | $ | 22.07 | 22.07 | 22.07 | 22.07 |
| Custom
Work | $ | 16.08 | 16.08 | 16.08 | 16.08 |
| Seed
Cost | $ | 4.69 | 4.69 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Baling
Costs | $ | 25.37 | 27.51 | 25.02 | 30.38 |
| Production Costs | $/ac | 68.21 | 70.35 | 69.17 | 74.53 |
| Forage DM Costs | $/ton | 28.80 | 27.40 | 29.60 | 26.40
|
| Land Area/Month | ac | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.13 |
| Land Area/Period | ac | 0.27 | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.38 |
| Land Costs/Period | $/pp | 5.96 | 7.95 | 6.84 | 8.39 |
| Forage Costs/Day | $/d | 0.21 | 0.29 | 0.24 | 0.32 |
| Forage Costs/Period | $/pp | 18.90 | 26.10 | 21.60 | 28.80 |
| Crude Protein | % | 13.0 | 9.2 | 11.5 | 7.8 |
| Crude Protein Yield | lb/ac | 606 |
468 |
535 |
435 |
| Crude Protein Cost | $/lb | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.17 |
| Supplementation | | | | | |
| Roughage/Day | lb/d | 9.6 | 3.7 | 7.7 | |
| Crude
Protein/Day | lb/d | | | | 0.0 |
| Sup. Cost/pp | $/pp | 14.96 | 5.83 | 12.13 | 0.0 |
| Total Feed Cost | $/pp | 33.86 | 31.93 | 33.73 | 28.80 |
| Cost/Day | $/d | 0.38 | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.32 |