Strategies To Cope With Higher Grain Costs, Limited Availability VIRGINIA ISHLGR Extension Assistant Dept, of Dairy and Animal Science UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) —The dairy producer will be faced with two main challenges this summer, rising grain costs and limited availability of various cer eal grains and commonly fed by product feeds. Reducing the amount of grain fed to the lactat ing cow is one option, however other possibilities exist to compensate for the current and impending situation. To deal with higher grain costs, other feed ingredients could be evaluated based on their current price compared to shelled com (energy value) and soybean meal (protein value), and based on their entire nutrient content The later is critical because even if an ingredi ent is a great bargain, it may not supply the cows with the nutri ents) they require based on the current feeding program. Ingredi ents should be scrutinized for their protein fractions (i.e. soluble pro tein, undegradable intake protein),. energy content, fat level, fiber lev el, starch level, and even for the major minerals (i.e. calcium, phosphorus). An IBM spreadsheet program available from Penn State will list break-even prices for some 60 0% • 12 Mm. S Month! 4J% •24 Mm. OR Watvar Of 7J% • M Mm. Flnanml ...Now Available On Moat Badger. Equipment! Badger Liquid Manure Pumps, Spreader Tanks and Box Spreaders concentrate ingredients. It can work in either Excel or Lotus. This simple program requires only two inputs, the current price per bushel of shelled com and the price per ton of 48 percent soy bean meal. Table 1 lists several break-even prices of concentrate ingredients based on a com price of $4.60/bu (Grain Market Sum mary from PDA, week of April IS) and 48 percent soybean meal price of s3l6Aon (Ingredient Mar ket found in Feedstuffs, April 3). An example of how to use this ta ble would be if bakery product is available for $l2O/ton, then this could be a viable option for re placing some com in the ration. If the bakery product was priced over $lBl/ton, then it would not be considered a good buy. The Penn State spreadsheet al lows the crude protein and energy values of the various concentrate ingredients to be edited. This al lows flexibility for the producer or nutritionist to determine the break-even prices that best repre sent ingredients available in a par ticular area. The program is avail able from Penn State at no charge. 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This program is sold through AgSquare Software at 1-800-845-1991. A Penn State publication titled “Sources of Food Processing Wastes, Hay, and Feed Ingredi ents” is available from local co operative extension offices and is also found on Penpages (# 2890284). This fact sheet lists suppliers based on different cate gories of feed as well as addresses and phone numbers. This resource Applicants Sought For Achievement Award ALBANY, N.Y. If you arc a farmer and a Farm Bureau mem ber between the ages of 18 and 35. you are eligible to compete in New York Farm Bureau’s 1996 Young Farmer Achievement Award competition. The three finalists win a trip to the NYFB State Convention in Rochester, while the state winner gets a $5OO cash award from Dodge Truck, a 486 computer. j* —l-i moow •N 2060 could be helpful in locating some ingredients that may not normally be fed in certain locations (i.e. candy, cereal products). The current grain situation, now more than ever, requires close Table 1 Break-even per oca for aome commonly fed concentrate infndienu Care price (S/W) UM «<% aaybean «M*l (S/Im) SIM.W Feed maredtem Break-even once. S/torr Feed inaredrent Break-even price. Bakery product Sill 26 Com gluten Iked 5206 31 Barley SI7OSI Cottonseed, whole 5221 12 Beet pulp 5155 21 Dlitilkn (rant, lipht 5235 6I Blood meal SaJO 61 Oeu „ 516107 Brewen cram, dried 5195 53 Ilcat-Imtad loybean meal $3OO 44 Bremen grain, wet $47 41 Soybeans, cooked 5216 20 Candy product $193 17 Soytalle $16170 Canola 5256 13 Wheat midda $163 99 and a trip to the American Farm Bureau Convention in Nashville (January 4-9, 1997) to vie for the national tide. ‘The Young Farmer Achieve ment Award is one of the most prestigious honors given to an Empire State farmer or farm cou ple,” said Linda Lamb, NYFB’s Young Farmer Program coordina tor. “To compete, an application must be postmarked and mailed ,® EMPJJJYEE-OWNED. 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