rufun2sun":26gsfbyo said:Noticed my grain doesn't last as long, I'm guessing cuz everyone is getting bigger. Just figured I'm at $1.26 per day per head. I buy all my feed. I'm small time operation, just wondered how that compares to others?
What the dry matter and TDN? We have a produce farm that charges $25 a ton for cull carrots and I'm better off feeding what I have. The percentage of dry matter and TDN is the the way to measure feed.skyhightree1":39kg4gwr said:rufun2sun":39kg4gwr said:Noticed my grain doesn't last as long, I'm guessing cuz everyone is getting bigger. Just figured I'm at $1.26 per day per head. I buy all my feed. I'm small time operation, just wondered how that compares to others?
Its costing me avg of 150.00 per week for 16-35 tons per week.
M-5":11ldqc8b said:.35 a head a day for 5# OF FEED EACH
True Grit Farms":3gdv3rur said:What the dry matter and TDN? We have a produce farm that charges $25 a ton for cull carrots and I'm better off feeding what I have. The percentage of dry matter and TDN is the the way to measure feed.skyhightree1":3gdv3rur said:rufun2sun":3gdv3rur said:Noticed my grain doesn't last as long, I'm guessing cuz everyone is getting bigger. Just figured I'm at $1.26 per day per head. I buy all my feed. I'm small time operation, just wondered how that compares to others?
Its costing me avg of 150.00 per week for 16-35 tons per week.
shaz":1zj17ipa said:M-5":1zj17ipa said:.35 a head a day for 5# OF FEED EACH
5# of what?
True Grit Farms":2ukoropn said:What the dry matter and TDN? We have a produce farm that charges $25 a ton for cull carrots and I'm better off feeding what I have. The percentage of dry matter and TDN is the the way to measure feed.skyhightree1":2ukoropn said:rufun2sun":2ukoropn said:Noticed my grain doesn't last as long, I'm guessing cuz everyone is getting bigger. Just figured I'm at $1.26 per day per head. I buy all my feed. I'm small time operation, just wondered how that compares to others?
Its costing me avg of 150.00 per week for 16-35 tons per week.
shaz":3j0tk72h said:True Grit Farms":3j0tk72h said:What the dry matter and TDN? We have a produce farm that charges $25 a ton for cull carrots and I'm better off feeding what I have. The percentage of dry matter and TDN is the the way to measure feed.skyhightree1":3j0tk72h said:Its costing me avg of 150.00 per week for 16-35 tons per week.
True,
Fed some throw away thrift store bread to pigs 3 years ago and even though a pick-up load was 10 bucks it wasn't a good deal when you look at the dry matter.
I'd like to feed just grass and hay, but I can't grow 14% hay for the wet cows. For me I think hay would be the cheapest and easiest feed option. I believe we make raising cattle harder than it needs to be. Messing with feed and hay seems like I'm spinning my wheels half of the time.skyhightree1":x5kdzf6a said:shaz":x5kdzf6a said:True Grit Farms":x5kdzf6a said:What the dry matter and TDN? We have a produce farm that charges $25 a ton for cull carrots and I'm better off feeding what I have. The percentage of dry matter and TDN is the the way to measure feed.
True,
Fed some throw away thrift store bread to pigs 3 years ago and even though a pick-up load was 10 bucks it wasn't a good deal when you look at the dry matter.
I feed bread by dump truck loads to pigs... I feed it because I like it for the flavors the meats have with the mixes I make with it not for the feed analysis.
Feeding steers or cows?rufun2sun":3qfsfdl7 said:Noticed my grain doesn't last as long, I'm guessing cuz everyone is getting bigger... I'm at $1.26 per day per head.
I buy all my feed. I'm small time operation, just wondered how that compares to others?
rufun2sun":2yz8y7t3 said:Noticed my grain doesn't last as long, I'm guessing cuz everyone is getting bigger. Just figured I'm at $1.26 per day per head. I buy all my feed. I'm small time operation, just wondered how that compares to others?
Don't worry about dry matter. That matters only if you're doing a comparative analysis of multiple products with large differences in moisture content. WE buy on an as fed basis, we formulate on an as fed basis and we feed on an as fed basis. No way around it.shaz":lfddgpbf said:True Grit Farms":lfddgpbf said:What the dry matter and TDN? We have a produce farm that charges $25 a ton for cull carrots and I'm better off feeding what I have. The percentage of dry matter and TDN is the the way to measure feed.skyhightree1":lfddgpbf said:Its costing me avg of 150.00 per week for 16-35 tons per week.
True,
Fed some throw away thrift store bread to pigs 3 years ago and even though a pick-up load was 10 bucks it wasn't a good deal when you look at the dry matter.
If you would I'd like you to expand on that some TB. I've been trying to figure out an easy way to know my feed cost and the value from the trucking to the pounds gain at the end feeding stockers. And dry matter and TDN seem to work hand in hand.TexasBred":34zdkrwd said:Don't worry about dry matter. That matters only if you're doing a comparative analysis of multiple products with large differences in moisture content. WE buy on an as fed basis, we formulate on an as fed basis and we feed on an as fed basis. No way around it.shaz":34zdkrwd said:True Grit Farms":34zdkrwd said:What the dry matter and TDN? We have a produce farm that charges $25 a ton for cull carrots and I'm better off feeding what I have. The percentage of dry matter and TDN is the the way to measure feed.
True,
Fed some throw away thrift store bread to pigs 3 years ago and even though a pick-up load was 10 bucks it wasn't a good deal when you look at the dry matter.
You didn't miss anything. The nutrition is simply not there in the high moisture feed to compare with the other feed. You're feeding a huge amount of water. The very reason folks feeding silage have to feed 50 lbs. of silage to get the nutrition in 16-18 lbs. of hay. But it is usually priced accordingly to reflect the high moisture content. Example....Wet distillers grain $40 a ton Dry distillers grain $150 a ton (examples only).True Grit Farms":8q5sx85t said:If you would I'd like you to expand on that some TB. I've been trying to figure out an easy way to know my feed cost and the value from the trucking to the pounds gain at the end feeding stockers. And dry matter and TDN seem to work hand in hand.TexasBred":8q5sx85t said:Don't worry about dry matter. That matters only if you're doing a comparative analysis of multiple products with large differences in moisture content. WE buy on an as fed basis, we formulate on an as fed basis and we feed on an as fed basis. No way around it.shaz":8q5sx85t said:True,
Fed some throw away thrift store bread to pigs 3 years ago and even though a pick-up load was 10 bucks it wasn't a good deal when you look at the dry matter.
A ton of ground corn and cotton seed mix is roughly 90% dry matter = 1800lbs. And at 90%TDN, that equates to 1620 lbs of actual feed?
A ton of Brewers grain is 25% dry matter = 500 lbs. And at 70% TDN = 350 lbs of actual feed?
Assuming that protein, fats and starches are comparable, you'd need to feed 5 tons Brewers grain to equal 1 ton of corn and cotton seed? What am I missing?