■Lancaster Farmlna. Saturday, January 25, 1992
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Average Farm Feed
Costs For Handy
Reference
To help fanners across the state
to have handy reference of com
modity input costs in their feeding
operations for DHIA record sheets
or to develop livestock feed cost
STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) —This data is pulled from Pennsyl
vania DHIA’s mainframe computer each week. It is a one-week summary
representing approximately one-fourth of the herds on test, as they are
tested monthly.
These data are valuable from a business management standpoint and
can be used for comparing your operations to the averages from almost
1,400 herds across the state.
DHIA Averages for all herds processed between 12/23/91 and 12/30/91
Number of Herds Processed
Number of Cows Processed
Number of Cows Per Herd
Milk Per Cow (Lbs)
%-Fat
Fat Per Cow (Lbs)
%-Protein
Protein Per Cow (Lbs)
Average Days in Milk Per Cow
♦Value, for CWT Milk(s)
♦Value for CWT Grain(s)
♦Value for CWT Hay(s)
♦Value for CWT Silage(s)
♦Value for Pasture Per Day(s)
♦Value for Milk Per Cow Per
Ycar(s)
♦Feed Consumed Per Cow Per
Year(Lbs)
A: Grain
B: Hay
C: Silage
D; Day Pasture
♦Feed Cost Per Cow Per Year(s)
A: Grain
B; Hay
C: Silage
D: Pasture
•Total Feed Cost Per Cow Per
Year(s)
•Income Over Feed Costs Per
Year(s)
•Grain to Milk Ratio
•Feed Cost Per CWT Milk(s)
Avg Level For 713 SCC Herds
♦Member generated figure*
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Managomonl Information For Bom U*o
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 - 2.79 BU. 4,99
CWT.
1,299
1:2.5
5.04
326,159
Evenings
Wheat, No. 2 - 3.73 BU. 6.23
CWT.
Barley, No. 3 - 2.04 BU. 4.37
CWT.
Oats, No. 2 - 1.67 BU. 5.21
CWT.
Soybeans, No. 1 - 5.50 BU. 9.19
CWT.
Ear Com - 68.48 BU. 3.42
CWT.
Alfalfa Hay -116.50 TON 5.83
CWT.
Mixed Hay -106.25
CWT.
878
52.368
59.6
18,124
3.68
. 667
3.17
575
317
12.20
7.76
4.27
1.52
.26
2,212
7,231
2,527
14,971
55
561
108
228
14
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