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AUM

Last Updated: May 17, 2012

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AUM- Animal unit month. Is a 1,000-pound mature cow of above average miking ability, a calf at side less than 4 months of  age with a 400 pound weaning weight, that consumes 680 pounds of dry matter in one months' time.

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