Feed Rations Fed by United States Dairy Producers
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Feed rations used by United States dairy producers are estimated using the US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) data. The 2016 version ARMS was used, which 955 respondents fully responded on feed usage. Surveyed farms milked ≥ 10 cows and were located in states that together produced 96.5% milk Average feedstuff usage is at national level, as well regional, production system, farm size category levels. Significance differences among categories determined t-tests derived delete-a-group jackknife procedure. Results compared with published university cost estimates. Differences found region, categories.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Dairy Science
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['0022-0302', '1525-3198', '1529-9066']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2023-23363