Problem Solving Component - Forage Evaluation CDE

A cow gave birth to an 85 pound calf on March 15. The calf was sold 240 days later, weighing 525 pounds. What was the average daily weight gain per day to the nearest tenth of a pound?

• 2.1

• 2.2

• 3.4

• 1.8

• .5

Mr. Greenjeans decided to overseed his 75 acre bermudagrass pastures with crimson clover and ryegrass at a cost of $110 per acre. He is able to graze 50 calves on that pasture from December through April (128 days) with the calves averaging 1.65 lb/day weight gain. What was the total cattle weight gain in pounds per acre over this grazing period?

• 10,500

• 140.8

• 640

• 850.6

• 211.2

If Mr. Greenjeans paid an average of $630 per head for his calves and sold them at the end of the grazing period, how much would he need to get for them to break even?

• $31,500

• $39,750

• $14,570

• $8,250

• $65,000

Ms. Brownose wants to spray her 20 acre pastures with a herbicide. The herbicide label calls for using 6 ounces (liquid) of herbicide in 20 to 25 gallons of water per acre. Which of the following answers would be a reasonable amount of water that she needs to put in her 500 gallon spray tank?

• 140 gallons

• 300 gallons

• 25 gallons

• 160 gallons

• 400 gallons

How many rolls of barbed wire would Joe need to purchase if he plans to put up a 5-strand fence around a pasture that measures 810 ft X 1120 ft? Partial rolls cannot be purchased.

• 15

• 3

• 8

• 30

• 20

• $3.50

• $2,400

• $39

• $7.00

• $236.50

Sallie notices that her horses will not eat any of the outer 5 inches of the round bales she bought from her hay producer, due to spoilage from storage out in the weather. She has determined that outer 5 inches comprises about 20 percent of the dry matter in each 1000 lb bale and she paid $65 dollars a bale for the hay. How much money was wasted on each bale?

• $52

• $20

• $13

• $32.50

• $16.50

If the hay producer Sallie bought her hay from built a pole barn to store his hay in for $19,400 and he normally bales 1500 round bales each year, how long would it take him to recover the value of the hay lost from storage out in the weather?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

• $0.76

• $1.90

• $1.64

• $2.15

• $3.01

If the producer in question #9 planted his wheat pasture at 100 lb pure live seed per acre, how many 50 lb bags of seed did he need to buy if the seed had a germination percentage of 92% and a purity (pure seed) of 98%?

• 556

• 500

• 99

• 92

• 90