A Least-Cost Evaluation of Alternative Winter-Feeding Options for Cow-Calf Operations

A Least-Cost Evaluation of Alternative Winter-Feeding Options for Cow-Calf Operations

Inadequate winter-feeding management practices and feedstuff selection decisions frequently contribute to the lack of profitability in Southern cow-calf enterprises. This study addresses the benefits cowcalf producers can gain from using linear programming to assist in choosing a low-cost winter-fee...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers 2001-01, p.15-25
Hauptverfasser: Prevatt, J. Walter, Marshall, James F., Duffy, Patrida A., Martin, N. Rob
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal lactation
Animals
Beef cattle
By products
Calving
Capital costs
Cattle industry
Costs
Dairy industry
Extension education
Feeds
Forage
Grazing
Herds
Linear programming
Nutrients
Nutrition research
Nutritional requirements
Pregnancy
Professional Forum & Perspectives
Proteins
Soybeans
Winter
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Zusammenfassung:Inadequate winter-feeding management practices and feedstuff selection decisions frequently contribute to the lack of profitability in Southern cow-calf enterprises. This study addresses the benefits cowcalf producers can gain from using linear programming to assist in choosing a low-cost winter-feeding program. Several supplemental feedstuffs and winter forages were considered in determining the least-cost winter-feeding program for a group of fifty fall-calving cows and a group of fifty spring-calving cows.
ISSN:0003-116X