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