Dairy goat lactation feed cost per tonne (goat)
Least-cost cost of a dairy goat lactation (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. Mid-lactation on a browse-and-concentrate ration. Aflatoxin carries into goat milk exactly as it does into cow milk.
Nutrient targets (dry matter): ME ruminant ≥ 2.6 Mcal/kg, Crude protein 15.5–18 %, Rumen degradable protein ≥ 9.5 %, Rumen undegradable protein ≥ 4.5 %, Neutral detergent fiber 30–48 %, Acid detergent fiber ≥ 20 %, Calcium 0.7–1.1 %, Phosphorus (total) 0.35–0.5 %, Magnesium 0.18–0.4 %, Potassium ≥ 0.7 %, Sodium 0.15–0.35 %, Sulfur 0.16–0.3 %.
Ingredients allowed: Grass hay 0–55%, Alfalfa hay (mid-bloom) 10–45%, Corn silage (35% DM) 0–35%, Soybean hulls 0–20%, Beet pulp (dried pellets) 0–12%, Corn grain 0–40%, Soybean meal 48% 0–18%, Corn DDGS 0–15%, Cane molasses 0–5%, Feed-grade urea (46% N) 0–0.5%, 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%.