### Question
Can you define what average feed cost means?


### Answer
**Average feed cost** is defined as the following in *7 U.S.C. § 9051*:

> the average cost of feed used by a dairy operation to produce a hundredweight of milk, determined under section 9052 of this title using the sum of the following:


(A) The product determined by multiplying 1.0728 by the price of corn per bushel

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 9051*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 115-AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY POLICY AND PROGRAMS > SUBCHAPTER III-DAIRY > Part A-Dairy Margin Coverage**

