Table 7 . Regional Sunmiary of Least Cost and Least Energy Rations, Southern Plains, 1976 



to about 3 5 million gallons of gasoline. To achieve this savings, farmers would 

 have to pay about $12 more per ton of feed; in the aggregate, this would amount 

 to an increased feed cost of about $66 million, or $1.52 per 100,000 BTU saved. 



Again, the cost of the various products would need to increase if farmers were 

 to break even. Milk would have to increase by nearly 25 cents per hundred- 

 weight, eggs by 3.3 cents per dozen and broilers by 1.3 cents per pound. 



The Southeast. In the Southeast it is estimated that about 45 million gallons 

 of gasoline equivalent could be saved annually if energy minimizing rations were 

 fed. The greatest share of the potential savings would be in feeding layers and 

 broilers (Table 8). 



Table 8. Regional Summary of Least Cost and Least Energy Rations, Southeast, 1976 



Currently Southeastern farmers feed about six and one-half million tons of 

 layer and broiler ration. The feeding of least energy rations could reduce the 

 embodied energy in these feeds by about 13 percent. In total about 4.3 trillion 

 BTU could be saved (roughly equivalent to 3 5 million gallons of gasoline). To 

 achieve this savings the price of eggs would need to increase by about 2.5 cents 

 per dozen and broilers would have to go up by 1.7 cents per pound to cover the 

 increased feed cost associated with the energy minimizing rations. 



Similarly about six million gallons of gasoline equivalent could be conserved 

 in feeding dairy cows (at a cost of 1 3 cents per hundredweight of milk) and 

 about 4.7 million gallons in feeding beef cattle and swine. In the aggregate for 

 the region, nearly 5.7 trillion BTU could be saved at a cost of $99 million, or 

 $1.74 per 100,000 BTU saved. 



