Thursday, April 10, 2008

Calf Feeder Planning

The farm milks their cows twice per day. During milking they set aside enough milk to feed their calves. Now the feeder needs to figure out how much formula they need to mix with the set aside milk to feed calves for a week. Once they know what they need, based on how many calves there are that week, they call the Dairy Supply rep and order what they need.

ex. 15oz. of formula per day x 2 feedings= 30 oz. per day for each calf

30 oz. per day x 3 week old calves= 90 oz. per day

90 oz. per day x 7 seven days= 630 oz. of formula per week















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