Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeds Board
Between a ROCK and a HARD SPOT!
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="smuff76" data-source="post: 490780" data-attributes="member: 6316"><p>Here's some more math to add to the equation:</p><p></p><p>A typical cow will consume between 2% and 3% of it's bodyweight in dry matter each day. I'll use 2.5% for an average. So......</p><p></p><p>a 1300 lb. cow will consume 32.5 lbs. of dry matter a day. 32.5 X 365 = 11,862.5</p><p>an 1800 lb. cow will consume 45 lbs. of dry matter a day. 45 X 365 = 16,425</p><p></p><p>So the difference in forage consumption is 4562.5 lbs. over the course of a year. </p><p></p><p>So a 1300 lb. cow eats 72% of the dry matter of an 1800 lb. cow. From this information you could run almost 14 1300 lb. cows on the same grass as 10 1800 lb. cows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smuff76, post: 490780, member: 6316"] Here's some more math to add to the equation: A typical cow will consume between 2% and 3% of it's bodyweight in dry matter each day. I'll use 2.5% for an average. So...... a 1300 lb. cow will consume 32.5 lbs. of dry matter a day. 32.5 X 365 = 11,862.5 an 1800 lb. cow will consume 45 lbs. of dry matter a day. 45 X 365 = 16,425 So the difference in forage consumption is 4562.5 lbs. over the course of a year. So a 1300 lb. cow eats 72% of the dry matter of an 1800 lb. cow. From this information you could run almost 14 1300 lb. cows on the same grass as 10 1800 lb. cows. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Breeds Board
Between a ROCK and a HARD SPOT!
Top