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Economics of Various Methods of Harvesting and Utilizing Forages¹

Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing

ABSTRACT

Whether it pays to use one combination of forage harvesting and feeding methods over another depends on the availability of cropland; on the intensity of the livestock program; on available buildings, feed storage facilities, equipment, and capital; on the labor supply; on the quantity and quality of feed nutrients preserved by different methods, and on other factors. Dairymen who expect to make changes in their dairy housing or size of herd need to consider these possibilities when selecting new forage methods or equipment. Personal preferences often play an important role in these choices.

The problems encountered in a study of forage economics are complex and can not be studied in isolation. To determine the economic feasibility of a new harvesting or storage method, it is essential that it be related to the whole farm business. What effect will the method have on labor peaks, on investments, expenses, and net income?

¹ Presented at the joint meeting of the American Grassland Council and the American Dairy Science Association at North Carolina State College, Raleigh, June, 1958.

Journal Article 2260 from the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station.