Question

Ben manages a dairy farm in Edinburgh.

The farm covers 147 hectares of land.
The ratio of the area of land occupied by buildings to the area occupied by pasture is 2:5
Ben wants to buy enough grass seed to cover the pastureland.
A sack of grass seed covers one acre of land.
How many sacks of grass seed does he need to buy?
Use the conversion: 1 hectare = 2.47 acres

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation: The milk cow feed costs have typically represented a large percentage of the total cost of producing milk and can range between 30 to 70 percent of the milk income. The revenue left over after accounting for the lactating cow feed costs is what pays the other expenses.