Brocket's Ag Advice
Kx By John E. Brockett
Farm Management Agent
Lewistown Extension Office
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errors in cost cutting that I point
out have been ones I have made.
After this confession let us proceed
with some more ways to improve
the cost-return ratio.
Forage testing is a very useful
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Swine Systems Specialists
tool. As with soil tests, 1 can not
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of dairymen are subconsciously
tired of milking cows and are doing
their best to put themselves out of
business. It is too bad that those
who don’t like cows and the dairy
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make room for those who are
serious about succeeding in the
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what he has. From there a feed
program can balance what he has
with what the cow needs. But don’t
stop there - go on and use that
forage test for the many additional
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expensive feed you are providing
your cows.
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c. Is ear corn plus soybean meal
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Could you cut cows from 2.5% of
body weight in hay equivalent to
2% if it is?
d. How much milk are you
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selling per pound of actual grain
fed (should be in excess of 2)? Now
don’t look at your DHIA book to
answer this because you really
didn’t know how much you fed
when you told the tester anyway.
3. Tells you if you have room to
play: did you know that the quality
of your forage can effect the
digestibility of the rest of the feed
your cows eat? You often won
dered why cows seemed to do
better on that real good stuff didn’t
you?
Exotic feed programs are ex
pensive. You may not need that
$lOOO per ton miracle ingredient
(probably don’t in fact). There is
nothing that can replace quality
forage. You can partially offset
low quality forage with a balancing
grain feed. Perhaps as a way of
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