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Five-year value of wasted hay by hay cost and feeder design, Exp. 21
| Feeder design2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hay cost, $/908 kg | RING | CONE |
| 60 | 743 | 298 |
| 80 | 991 | 397 |
| 100 | 1,238 | 496 |
| 120 | 1,486 | 596 |
| 140 | 1,734 | 695 |
1Values in the table are U.S. dollars per 5-yr period. Assumptions: twenty cows per feeder, 536 kg average bale weight, average daily hay consumed per cow = 10.5 kg, 90 days of hay feeding per year.
2RING = sheeted bottom steel ring feeder; CONE = RING feeder equipped with a cone insert.
