Kid grower feed cost per tonne (goat)
Least-cost cost of a kid grower (goat) template formula, re-solved weekly at Feedsoft benchmark prices by market: history, what drove the change, the current mix and the ingredients close to entering it. Weaned kids to 20 kg. Urea is listed and pinned at zero: an immature rumen cannot use non-protein nitrogen.
Nutrient targets (dry matter): ME ruminant ≥ 2.7 Mcal/kg, Crude protein 15–18 %, Rumen degradable protein ≥ 8.5 %, Neutral detergent fiber 22–42 %, Acid detergent fiber ≥ 13 %, Calcium 0.6–0.95 %, Phosphorus (total) 0.28–0.3 %, Sodium 0.1–0.3 %, Sulfur 0.16–0.32 %.
Ingredients allowed: Grass hay 0–55%, Alfalfa hay (mid-bloom) 0–40%, Corn silage (35% DM) 0–35%, Soybean hulls 0–20%, Beet pulp (dried pellets) 0–12%, Corn grain 10–45%, Soybean meal 48% 0–18%, Corn DDGS 0–15%, Cane molasses 0–5%, Limestone 0–2%, Dicalcium phosphate 0–1.2%, Salt 0.3–0.6%, Magnesium oxide 0–0.5%, Potassium chloride 0–0.6%, Vitamin premix 0.1%, Trace mineral premix 0.1%.