80 bu/A 66 17.91 20,98 24.04 27.11 120+ bu/A 70 19.00 22.25 25.50 28.75 r Com silage prices should be adjusted to reflect “harvesting costs.” If the livestock fanner harvests and hauls the com silage, the price of the com silage should be (educed to account for this cost. Com silage harvest costs have been calculated in the $3.50 to $5.00 per ton range. The low end of the range would describe higher yielding com silage and fields near the silo and the higher range would describe lower yielding silage or fields further away from the silo. «■ Determining tonnage sold can be a challenge. The best bet is to mutually agree on one of the fol lowing methods before silage harvest. A. Weigh Wagon Loads - Weigh at least one representative load on each wagon used in harvest. Keep trade of loads harvested into each wagon and strive to fill them consistently full. The weights usually nm about 30-40 pounds of silage per cubic foot. B. Measure Silo Levels - This is the most accurate way to measure larger purchases of silage. Measure the number of settled feet of silage added from the transaction. Refer to accurate silo capaci ty charts for tons of silage sold. These estimates are available from many sources, including the Cooperative Extension office. After you have calculated the weight of com silage sold, you must now adjust for moisture dif ferences. The prices we have been talking about are standardized to 35% dry matter. To calculate 35% dry matter tons sold or bought, you will need a moisture tester and the following formula. When using the formula, be sure to use dry matter whole number (40%) rather than decimal (.40). Tons of Silage Sold X Measured Dry Matter % (XX) These four steps should help you determine a fair price for com silage. The difference between the sellers minimum and the buyers maximum values will give some bargaining room for both parties involved. Take the time to do the calculations so that you can be satisfied with the results of the sale. MILK. IT DOES A BODY GOOD. II 1 FtliHiH'/JBED |WI. I'Mf j -j 7a|«f II * £EdXEUl>|3|\ ' FIELD & FLEET CENTER II ’GOODYEAR • Revoluntionary 3 L Per Pitch Design Improves Traction And Ride • Computer Designed * Natural* Shape , Casing Improves Tire Body Life • Radial Construction Provides Better Traction Lower Fuel And Overall Costs 18.4R34 1* $475.00 18.4R38 !★ $475.00 Z0.8R38 !★ $660.00 DYNA TORQUE RADIAL NO RBK OFFER Buy ■ pair of Dyna Torqua radlali now. If, aftor 90 day* from day of mounting, you ara not complataty tatlafiad with tha parformanoa of thaaa tiraa, wa will ramova lham and raplaca tham with naw Goodyaar Dyna Torqua Mat ply draa of Hka itza and ply rating and will cradlt you for tha diflaranoa. 24 HOUR FLEET 4 ON-IHE-FARM PIT STOP SERVICE Whan-You Naad On-Tha-Farm Tfra Sarvioa In A Hurry, Just Call Ua. Wa Can Cut Your Downtkna Down To Steal Pricing Corn Silage (Continued from Pago A 25) Corn Silage Value at Silo /Ton @ 35% DM 'na Ton 11.2-24 r na Ton 18.4-26 'na Tort 11.2-28 na Ton 12.4-28 'na Tort 13.6-28 Trac Toi 14.9-28 'na Ton 16.9-28 Trac Toi 12.4-38 Dyna Torqua TT 15.3-38 WE SHIP FREE FARM FRONTS 4 SKID STEER TIRES UPS SRLebzfllter&son FIELD 4 MIT OMIBI ROUTE 283 6 RHEEMS EXIT 1-800-932-3999 Of 367-67/7 (For Pannaylvanlaor Maryland) DYNA-TORQUEII The hard-working hard-pulling rear tractor tire Tread design may vary lueTT lueTT luaTT luaTT lueTT lueTT luaTT lueTT Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 21, 1991-A27 Average Farm Feed Costs For Handy Reference To help farmers across the stale to have handy reference of com modity input costs in their feeding operations for DHIA record sheets or to develop livestock feed cost data, here’s this week’s average costs of various ingredients as compiled from regional reports across the state of Pennsylvania. Remember these are averages so you will need to adjust your figures up or down according to your loca tion and the quality of your crop. Com. No. 2y - 2.77 BU. 4.96 CWT. Wheat, No. 2 - 2.89 BU. 4.83 CWT. Barley, No. 3 - 1.79 BU. 3.83 CWT. Oats, No. 2 - 1.42 BU. 4.43 CWT. Soybeans, No. 1 - 5,67 BU. 9.47 CWT. New Ear Com - 72.32 BU. 3.62 CWT. Alfalfa Hay -100.00 TON 5.00 CWT, Mixed Hay - 89.25 TON 4.46 CWT. Timothy Hay - 89.25 TON 4.46 CWT. $lO5 $l5O 1162 >205 $lBB $252 1189 $285 WHITEWALL PISS/80R13 PlB5/75R14 P195/75R14 P205/7SRI4 ARIS QUESTIONS ANSWERS Ans alloara dairymen aid iMr amhortaad valarlnarlans and nutritional oooouharts to acoaaa Individual DMA hard rooarda ham a parsonal computer to Ilia main eompulsr In Slats Collage. Call tha SUM DMA afflea num bar IMad In tha FOCUS column haad to laarn more about how you can uaa tttla unlqua DMA aarvtca to Ineroaoa tha prolHabllHy at your hard and tha DMA raeotda you produca. Q. I was logging-on to Penn State’s PENpages and I noticed that DHIA was an option. If I type DHIA instead of PEN, can I access ARIS? A. No, PENpages and DHIA’s ARIS are different systems. PEN pages is available free of charge. Each ARIS user is assigned a user ID and password and is billed for his time on-line. ARIS does use the PEN Network, which is a series of phone connections from the counties to University Park. Another requirement before using ARIS is the AR153270 communi cations program. This software, sent to you by DHIA after you subscribe, is configured with the proper communications and key board settings for ARIS. Q: Must I have a computer with a hard disk to use ARIS? A: No, the ARIS program files are small, taking about 215 thou sand bytes of storage. These prog ram files fit onto a floppy diskette with plenty of room left over for data files. Some people use one diskette for the ARIS program files, and another for the data files that are downloaded from the DHIA mainframe. It is more con venient to use ARIS from a hard disk, but not necessary. «Ui G OOOffakU Tread Design Is Different Than Shown P155/80R13 Whitewall No Trade Needed PRICE No Trad* WHITEWALL P2OST7SRIS P215/75R15 P22S/75R1S 2t.M 41 .M 43. M 44.00 -■ % a i i * > Located Behind Messlck Farm Equipment PRICE No Trad* 44. M 82.00 84.00
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