Roasted Beans & Mineral 12 lbs. Alfalfa Hay 40 lbs. Corn Silage * 5 lbs. Roasted Soybeans 3V4 lbs. 48% Soybean Meal *2l lbs. Ear Corn IVz oz. Vitamin-Mineral Premix Pennfield 38% Concentrate Alfalfa Hay Corn Silage #538-38% Cone. Ear Corn 12 lbs. 40 lbs. 9 lbs. *22 lbs. Soybeans Roasting Ear Corn AREAS TO LOOK AT TO IMPROVE PROFITABILITY 1. Know your actual costs- a good farm records system that separates crops from dairy will show you actual crop costs/profits and milk sales costs/profits. 2. Don’t keep extra heifers- it costs approximately $3OO per year to feed each heifer. Milking x 60% gives you total number of heifers birth to fresh. Example 50 milk cows x 60% = 30 heifers total. 3. Work on a better growing program for the generally neglected yearling heifer. Bigger "spring of rib” heifers will eat more forage and give a bigger milk check during their first lactation. Heifers need to average 15,000- 16,000 lbs. of milk for their first lactation. The Nutritional Requirement! Are Based On A 1400 Lb. Milking Cow Producing 80 Ll». Of Milk With a 8*78.% ■Mtarfat. Total Per Day Total Per Day * Ingredient Cost *5.04/Bushel= *l6B Ton ,60/Bushel=* 20 Ton •56/Ton=Shell Corn *1.96 Bushel Crude Protein 2.0 lbs. 1.1 lbs. 1.9 lbs. 1.6 lbs. 1.6 lbs. 8.2 lbs. 2.0 lbs. 1.1 lbs. 3.4 lbs. 1.7 lbs. 8.2 lbs. 4. Use 2- feed system for milk cows. Fresh cows get high density feed for peak lactation, and tail enders are fed least cost ration. 5. Grow better quality forages- this will reduce amount of feed needed to balance forage program. 6. Reduce overhead- rented, ground and poorly utilized equipment can be costly. It generally pays to grow your forages, but look at using custom services for silo filling. 7. Analyze your crop operations- with surpluses in wheat, corn, and soybeans the profitability in these crops is slim, and probably non-existant on small acreage. Remember, the dairy cow is a ruminant that can be fed forages and grain by-products. Energy (NE I ) 6.5 lbs. 9.4 lbs. 4.4 lbs. . 2.6 lbs. 14.7 lbs. $ 222/Ton $ 56/Ton $23.50/50 Lb. Bag 37.6 lbs. 6.5 lbs. $lOO/Ton 9.4 lbs. $ 22/Ton 6.3 lbs. $234/Ton 15.4 lbs.. $ 56/Ton 37.6 lbs. *PENNFIELD 38% IS AN ALL NATURAL PROTEIN SUPPLEMENT WHICH CONTAINS ALL THE NECESSARY VITAMINS AND MINERALS. PRICES ARE EFFECTIVE 9/8/86 AND INCLUDES 8 TON VOLUME DISCOUNT AND CASH DISCOUNT OF 2Vi% DUE 15TH OF FOLLOWING MONTH Cost Cost Per Unit Per Pay $ 100/Ton $ 22/Ton $5.64/Bu. * > •2.71 $ .60 $ .44 $ 1.05 $ .62 •2.71
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