Table 3.
Five-year value of wasted hay by hay cost and feeder design, Exp. 11
| Feeder design | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hay cost, $/908 kg | OBSR | POLY | RING | BASK |
| 60 | 1019 | 1019 | 619 | 275 |
| 80 | 1359 | 1359 | 826 | 366 |
| 100 | 1699 | 1699 | 1032 | 458 |
| 120 | 2038 | 2038 | 1239 | 550 |
| 140 | 2378 | 2378 | 1445 | 641 |
1Values in the table are U.S. dollars per five-year period. Assumptions: twenty cows per feeder, 617 kg average bale weight, average daily hay consumed per cow = 8.4 kg, 90 days of hay feeding per year. Hay waste was averaged for the OBSR and POLY treatments (20.4% of original bale weight; P = 0.44).