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<blockquote data-quote="ROB" data-source="post: 486388" data-attributes="member: 3467"><p>if your referring to condensed solubles and range cubes-</p><p>the condensed solubles is costing us $35/ton (currently) and 12% range cubes are running $14.40/100 lbs.</p><p></p><p>we see cows eating 10#/day average on solubles which equates to 17.5 cents/day.</p><p></p><p>feeding the range cubes at 2 lbs./hd/day it is costing 28.8 cents.</p><p></p><p>if you don't have a lick tank and think you need one, i bought a 4-wheel tank for 300 dollars. Running 50 head of cows on one tank, it would take 52 days to pay for the tank when considering the difference of cost between the two feed alternatives.</p><p></p><p>other considerations for feeding the liquid is a lot more labor, consistent availability, consistency of the product- sometimes it comes very thick and is nearly impossible to work with.</p><p></p><p>i think the cows do a better job breeding back when on solubles due to the extra fat, they look better and seem more satisified, but ...feeding this product on a small scale basis is either going to get real expensive in the near future, or impossible to get at all. in our area, large hog operations such as cargill and psf are contracting 100% of the solubles available locally. the last load i got was trucked from 5 hours away from home.</p><p></p><p>ROB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ROB, post: 486388, member: 3467"] if your referring to condensed solubles and range cubes- the condensed solubles is costing us $35/ton (currently) and 12% range cubes are running $14.40/100 lbs. we see cows eating 10#/day average on solubles which equates to 17.5 cents/day. feeding the range cubes at 2 lbs./hd/day it is costing 28.8 cents. if you don't have a lick tank and think you need one, i bought a 4-wheel tank for 300 dollars. Running 50 head of cows on one tank, it would take 52 days to pay for the tank when considering the difference of cost between the two feed alternatives. other considerations for feeding the liquid is a lot more labor, consistent availability, consistency of the product- sometimes it comes very thick and is nearly impossible to work with. i think the cows do a better job breeding back when on solubles due to the extra fat, they look better and seem more satisified, but ...feeding this product on a small scale basis is either going to get real expensive in the near future, or impossible to get at all. in our area, large hog operations such as cargill and psf are contracting 100% of the solubles available locally. the last load i got was trucked from 5 hours away from home. ROB [/QUOTE]
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