Feed supply, livestock demand and feed balance
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Wealth groups
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Total (n = 159)
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Poor (n = 50)
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Medium (n = 58)
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Better-off (n = 51)
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DM demand (t/hh)
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11.6 (0.4)a
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18.7 (0.6)b
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27.4 (0.8)c
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19.3 (0.6)***
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DM supply (t/hh)
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On-farm
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5.6 (0.2)a
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7.6 (0.2)b
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10.0 (0.3)c
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7.7 (0.2)***
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On-farm and purchased
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6.3 (0.2)a
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9.4 (0.4)b
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12.6 (0.4)c
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9.5 (0.3)***
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Balance (t/hh)
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On-farm
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− 6.0 (0.5)c
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− 11.2 (0.7)b
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− 17.4 (0.7)a
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− 11.5 (0.5)***
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On-farm & purchased
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− 5.3 (0.5)c
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− 9.3 (0.7)b
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− 14.8 (0.7)a
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− 9.8 (0.5)***
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ME demand (‘000 MJ/hh)
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54.9 (1.8)a
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86.4 (2.7)b
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122.8 (2.9)c
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88.1 (2.6)***
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ME supply (‘000 MJ/hh)
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On-farm
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42.5 (1.5)a
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57.5 (1.9)b
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75.9 (2.2)c
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58.7 (1.5)***
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On-farm and purchased
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47.5 (1.7)a
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71.0 (2.7)b
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94.4 (3.3)c
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71.1 (2.1)***
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Balance (‘000 MJ/hh)
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On-farm
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− 12.3 (2.5)c
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− 28.9 (3.4)b
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− 46.9 (3.1)a
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− 29.5 (2.1)***
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On-farm and purchased
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− 7.3 (2.6)cb
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− 15.4 (3.8)b
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− 28.3 (3.5)a
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− 17.0 (2.1)***
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DCP demand (kg/hh)
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392.2 (14.6)a
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630.4 (23.5)b
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907.1 (21.8)c
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644.2 (20.2)***
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DCP supply (kg/hh)
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On-farm
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215.7 (6.8)a
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303.9 (9.3)b
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407.4 (11.8)c
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309.4 (8.2)***
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On-farm and purchased
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252.1 (8.3)a
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403.1 (16.3)b
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543.4 (21.9)c
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400.6 (13.3)***
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Balance (kg/hh)
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On-farm
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− 176.4 (16)c
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− 326.5 (24.7)b
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− 499.7 (17.3)a
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− 334.9 (15.5)***
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On-farm and purchased
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− 140.0 (16.9)c
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− 227.2 (26.4)b
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− 363.7 (20.2)a
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− 243.6 (14.6)***
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- Values in parentheses indicate standard errors (SE)
- n number of respondents, DM dry matter, ME metabolizable energy, MJ mega joules, DCP digestible crude protein, kg kilogram, t ton, hh household
- a,b,cMeans in a row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05), NS not significant at the 0.05 probability level
- ***Significant at 0.001 probability level