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TABLE 3 . Grain and forage inputs per kilogram of animal product produced

Livestock	Grain¹	Forage²

	kg	kg
Lamb	21	30
Beef cattle	13	30
Eggs	11	—
Swine	5.9	—
Turkeys	3.8	—
Broilers	2.3	—
Dairy (milk)	0.7	1

¹Data from US Department of Agriculture (11).
²Data from Morrison (14) and Heitschmidt et al (15).