Step 5: Feed available

Estimate how much corn, silage, and hay will be available for livestock feed.

	Corn	Hay	Pasture
Acres	________	________	800
Yield / acre	x 130 bu.	x 3.4 tons	xx
Total available	= ___________	= ___________	800 acres

Step 6: Feed requirements

Now multiply the units of each livestock enterprise by its feed requirements per unit (from Step 3) to find the total feed requirements.

	Units	Corn (bu.)	Hay (tons)	Pasture (acres)
Beef cow/calf	_____cows	_____ ________	_____
Ewe flock	_____ewes	_____ _________	_____
Dairy	_____cows	_____ _________	0
Stocker steers	_____head	0 0	_____
Total feed required		_______ bu. _____ tons	______ acres
Total feed available (from step 5) Surplus (available minus required) (cannot be negative)	_______ bu. _____ tons _______ bu. _____ tons	800 acres ______ acres