Balance a ration for a milking dairy cow to contain: CP = 16 % Ca = .66 % P= .41 % 27 % Corn Silage Feed Feed Feed 23 % Alfalfa 5 % Brewers Grains Feed 3 % Whole Cotton Seed Leave 2% slack space for Vitamins & Minerals and include .5% salt & .1% Vit-TM mix Check the ration for K and S. Requirement is 1.0% K and 0.2% S. KCl has 50% K and NH4SO4 has 24% S Use corn and SBM to balance the ration for CP, leaving 2% slack Use these analysis values (in %) Your Answers DM P K S TDN Ration DM As-fed As-Fed% As-Fed TON Corn Silage 33 10.5 23 . 22 .96 .15 70 Alfalfa hay 90 18 1.41 .22 2.52 .28 60 Brewers grain 92 25 33 55 .09 .32 66 Whle Cottonsd 90 25 .12 .54 1.18 .00 96 Corn 88 10 .03 .29 .37 .12 85 SBM 89 50 .30 .68 1.98 .37 84 Dical 100 22.0 18.5 Limestone 100 38.0 Salt 100 TM-Vit mix 100 KCl 100 50 NH4SO4 100 24 OTHER 100 Totals 100 100 2000