The letter K indicates that the food is Kosher-that is, it also complies with Jewish dietary laws and has been processed under the direction of a rabbi. The Hebrew word Kosher means permitted according to Torah Law. When you see these letters, they mean that the product does not contain anything from an animal or pork origin. But it still may contain alcohol. So please check labels. It is recommended, however, to read labels before buying food products. Read the ingredients on the food labels and understand the meaning of every ingredient.
As a general rule, cows can eat about 1.5 to 2% of their body weight in NDF and that is the way we balance the ration with a computer. Dairy cows usually eat about 100 lbs of feed a day, beef cows about 30-50% of this amount depending on the type of feed.Dairy cows eat dry hay and haylage (fermented hay) and this account for about 30 lbs of their intake if quality is good.Beef cows would eat more hay and less starch so they could eat 15-20 lbs.airy cows usually eat about 100 lbs of feed a day, beef cows about 30-50% of this amount depending on the type of feed.
Feed costs for heifers vary with age but we will use $2 per head per day to feed on the average for all the young stock. This gives us a total cost per day for feed for all of our animals of $800 per day. If the cows are milking an average of 80 pounds per day, they are producing 6400 pounds of milk per day or 64 cwt. This gives a feed cost of $12.50 per cwt of milk produced. If your margin is milk price minus feed cost, what does that leave you for a margin to pay your other expenses? Most producers are somewhat surprised at how high the feed cost is when dry cows and heifers are included.