Optimized cost of feed for Boer Bucks using Mathematical Programming
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2019
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Dianne Lyka V. Tejero and Marvin B. Gabriel
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The main goal of this study is to minimize the cost of feed for Boer bucks subject to the nutritional value of the feeds and nutritional requirement of goats. The minimum cost was based on the optimized linear programming model using simplex method. The linear programming model was formulated using the literary data of the daily nutrient requirement of bucks and the nutrient content of Corn Stover, Guinea grass, Ipil-ipil leaf meal, Napier grass, Pangola grass and Paragrass as technical coefficients. The simplex method was applied manually to determine the optimal solution. In addition, for comparison and confirmation purposes, the Microsoft’s Excel Solver was also used. Both methods showed similar results that, among Corn Stover, Guinea grass, Ipil-ipil leaf meal, Napier grass, Pangola grass and Paragrass, Boer bucks should be daily fed with a mix of 4,17079 pounds or 1.89151 kilograms of Corn Stover and 2.31317 pounds or 1.04906 kilograms of Ipil-ipil leaf meal which will only cost roughly 4 pesos (Php 3.99163) daily per goat or around Php 1,500 per goat in one year. In a goat farming plan from the website goat farming in the cost of feed is Php 15.00 per kilogram which is higher when compared to the result of his study.
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