Table 1.
Feed costs as a petage of milk income at various levels of milkproduction*.
Feed costs as % of milk sold
ilk/day (lbs) Feed cost/day $12/cwt J$10/cwt
____________(milk price)
40 1.92 40 48
50 2.22 37 44
60 2.50 35 42
70 2.80 33 40
80 3.11 32 39
 90 3.41 31 38
100 3.70 30 37
Source: "Making Your Feed Dollars Count", J.M. Estrada and G.F Hartnel. St Could Dairy Expo95
*Adapted from Hinders, 1995.
Table 2.
Reatonshi Saa1rddtv and Protity as Feed Cast and Mil Wald40hange
4 64 0 t4 4 .M$ 140
4 70 90 19 4 12t )2
7 $0 100 )5 45259 104 313
0 40 90 > 26 LO 420 247 4
9 4* 80 2 49 *42 471 4Q9 56
10 98 100 4 37 4*6 't'43 2*6 4)7
11 tO 1t4 07 442 6 2 t44
12 99 9 O 4 397 7,22 491 707
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Source: "Focus on Profits Rather Than Feed Costs". M.J VandeHaar, Ph.D. Feed Facts, De 1997
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