Traditional methods of processing and storing hay actually hurt your cattle's performance. Is Hay Hurting your Operation? Here are some ways to figure out if your hay feeding program can use some help: When you do the math, does your cost of buying, grinding, handling, storing and shrink surprise you? Do you experience more than 5% shrink of ...
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If cattle are fed a straw-grain ration, provide a good quality protein supplement such as canola meal, alfalfa pellets or a commercial beef protein supplement after calving. Adding any type of hay, even slough hay, to a straw ration will improve the nutrient supply to the cow.
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3. Consider grinding the hay. Meeter says, "Grinding poor quality forages can help increase intake. Be aware of the cost associated with grinding (normally around $10 per bale). Also, grinding and mixing hay with other ingredients makes it more difficult for the cow to sort around dangerous components.". 4.
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•Grinding hay into self feeder diets can be troublesome 19 Feeding Method Considerations The following situations can be dealt with by good management •Self feeder program may encourage "continuous flow" pens, where some finished cattle leave so lightweight feeders are added.
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A vertical mixer will grind it pretty fine, but they are not all that timely about it. Square bales or pre-chopped rounds process a lot quicker. It would take 15-20 minutes for our vertical mixer to process a round fescue bale just down to where it would run through the gate.
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Grinding lower quality forages is a way to make the feed more palatable to cattle.It's a typical part of the rations for winter feeding, and grinding provides another option during times of drought when pastures aren't available for grazing and hay quality degrades.
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Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 5:57 am Post subject: Re: Hay grinding: We have a large semi mounted 700H.P.tub grinder come and he can grind one bale every 2 minutes and by mixing cornstalks with hay there is a very little waste.Our hay is inside and wet hay wont work.I think he gets around $250 an hour.We start the winter at 2 bales cornstalks to one hay and go …
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with a totally mixed ration fed daily for finishing beef calves. Treatments consisted of two self-fed rations and one totally mixed ration (TMR). Cattle on both self-fed diets had similar average daily gains (≥2.99 pounds/head/day), while cattle on the totally mixed ration had the greatest average daily gain at 3.20 pounds/head/day.
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An optimum minimum roughage level in high-grain rations appears to be about 7 to 10 percent hay equivalent of the total ration. This would amount to approximately 1.50 to 2.50 pounds of hay or 6 to 8 pounds of silage per animal daily.
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Im working with my ration for feeding out dairy steers and beef cross steers. I have a Gehl 95MX mill. Currently I am mixing about 3400-3500 lbs of ground ear corn, 200 lbs of distillers, 200 lbs of oats and I have been throwing 50 lbs of molasses in there lately too and seeing if that does anything.
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Dad had a Montgomery Wards hammermill with the hay feed system. It had a blower on it to blow the feed to the feedbox. It fed the hay as it ground the grain, used the same screen. It was very fine and hard to see mixed in. I have seen hay screens with large holes but then the hay is coarser and harder to feed with the ration.
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All hay intended for cattle rations, including CRP hay, should be tested for nutrient quality so a balanced diet can be formulated for the cattle. However, CRP hay is typically very low quality (< 50% total digestible nutrients; TDN, …
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Grinding or chopping hay can reduce waste, sorting and refusal of long-stemmed hay. Processing also allows for the inclusion of lower quality, less palatable hay in total mixed rations. Processed ...
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"Once nitrate levels are known, grinding and blending low- and high-nitrate hay is the best strategy to reduce risk," NDSU Extension beef cattle specialist Zac Carlson says in the press release. "If producers cannot grind and blend hay, unroll low-nitrate hay first, wait for cattle to consume most of the low-nitrate hay and then unroll ...
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I have a small but growing feedlot that I finish some cattle for freezer beef. (10-15 currently). It's in an old 3 sided hog barn that I've converted to work for cattle. I'm currently buying a complete feed ration from the local feed mill. Going into my third year of this endevour I'm considering saving myself some money and grinding my own feed.
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Milk fat test increased 0.1% for groups receiving Rations A, C, and E. Dur- ing the same time period the over-all University herd test increased by the same amount, indi- cating that these three rations did not differ from the routine herd ration of corn silage and alfalfa hay. Ration B resulted in a nonsig- nificant milk fat test decrease of 0.2%.
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rolled corn when steers were fed rations in which sorghum silage made up 20 percent of the dry matter (Oklahoma State University). Grinding dry shelled corn did not pay with cattle fed two pounds of alfalfa or grass hay a head daily (Pennsylvania State University). Whole corn below 12 percent moisture should be processed (Iowa State University).
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Processing or grinding hay: Grinding or chopping hay can reduce waste, sorting, and refusal of long-stemmed hay. Processing also allows for the inclusion of lower quality, less palatable hay in total mixed rations. Processed hay is best when fed in a bunk of some sort. One must evaluate the equipment cost of a bale grinder or processor.
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Grinding hay: Grinding or chopping hay reduces waste and sorting. Ground hay reduces losses due to sorting, trampling, and refusal of long stemmed hay. Grinding also allows the use of mixed rations to increase the palatability of coarse or "stemmy" hays. Ground hay can be fed in turned tires or bunks to reduce losses and waste due to wind.
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Payoffs are high when you can grind poorer quality hay to blend into a ration for your dry cows, replacement heifers, and steers. Your hay waste goes to less than 1%. Grinding also knocks the mold out of your hay, which is much better for your cattle. ROTO GRIND works excellent for chopping and spreading bedding.
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Unfortunately we aren't feeding much for cattle this winter. Just feeding the sheep flock. ... We use ground Corn stalks as a part of there ration. Iv never had a building to store it In. Just stacked bales as a bunker. I'd be using like 400 pounds per day. Hardly anything at all. ... Grinding hay. Where to store it? - A&M: ...
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Corn Rations for Finishing Cattle D. G. Wagner and J. C. Aimone Story in Brief A finishing trial involving 40 heifers was conducted in which a whole corn (WC) finishing ration was compared with a rolled corn (RC) ration. Heifers were slaughtered when they appeared to reach slaughter grade and were fed an average of 103 days on WC vs 99 days on RC.
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Tables 2 and 3 give ration suggestions when only 10 lbs. of first-crop, brome-mixed hay is available per head daily mirroring producer's situation when short of hay by 60-75%. Because substantial quantities of high-energy feedstuffs are used in these rations, you will not be full-feeding cows, but rather they will be on limited intakes. In
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SAVE 20% TO 50% ON YOUR HAY In free choice feeding, when stacks or large round bales are set in open area, cattle may waste from 20% to 50% depending on weather and feed conditions. Grinding the roughage and feeding in bunks is less than 1% loss. BETTER GAINS – UP TO 40% University research… Read More »Advantages in Feeding Ground Roughage
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steers and full feed a finishing ration until they weigh 1,000-1,100 pounds, or as long as feed conversion rate ... protein hay. • Do not allow water until cattle have started con ... Grinding is the least preparation which may'be done
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Grinding my own feed. Cattle Discussion HayTalk Hay. · Grinding my own feed. posted in Cattle Discussion: I have a small but growing feedlot that I finish some cattle for freezer beef. (10-15 currently). Its in an old 3 sided hog barn that Ive converted to work for cattle. Im currently buying a complete feed ration from the local ...
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We feed 4-5lbs daily to cows to maintain throughout winter for beef cows along with free choice hay and a protein suppliment either in big tubs or QLF liquid. With ddg and completer and brome hay I had a feed specialist help me come up with a 14% ration as a maintainer. Speaking of grinding feed the 756 is hooked to the mixer.
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Alan has a plan to grind our small squares of hay with a bedding chopper. He gets it running and is able to chop up a bale to mix in with the haylage and si...
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Yes, i will be feeding hay in addition to the corn ration. I have both high quality alfalfa hay as well as grass hay. With feeding the corn ration, is there any benefit to feed a high quality hay, or is the grass hay good enough? Also, should I offer free choice hay at all times, or is a limited amount of hay adaquate, and at what amount?
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Expensive machinery for grinding feed for cattle for beef is not good economy. It has been proved quite conclusively that grinding feed for fattening cattle is not profitable. With aged ... a grain ration and some legume hay such as peanut, cowpea or beggarweed. The grain ration should be fairly high in protein and ash.
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Processing or grinding hay. Grinding or chopping hay can reduce waste, sorting, and refusal of long-stemmed hay. Processing also allows for the inclusion of lower quality, less palatable hay in total mixed rations. Processed hay is best when fed in a bunk of some sort. One must evaluate the equipment cost of a bale grinder or processor. Summary
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and the chances of cattle using the feed as bedding. For feedlot applications, ground hay from a tub grinder works very well with a feed mixer wagon for a total mixed ration. Research has shown that weaned calves in the feedlot gained 0.25 pound more per day and were 10 percent more effi cient when fed a TMR, compared with the same hay
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Processing or grinding hay. Grinding or chopping hay can reduce waste, sorting, and refusal of long-stemmed hay. Processing also allows for the inclusion of lower quality, less palatable hay in total mixed rations. Processed hay is best when fed in a bunk of some sort. One must evaluate the equipment cost of a bale grinder or processor. Summary
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Grinding lower quality forages is a way to make the feed more palatable to cattle. It's a typical part of the rations for winter feeding, and grinding provides another option during times of drought when pastures aren't available for grazing and hay quality degrades. Haaland processed a large amount of CRP hay during last year's drought.
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Alfalfa or other high-quality legume hay, silage, or haylage can be used to supplement corn silage for protein in the ration of calves. It will take 3.5 to 4.5 pounds of alfalfa hay to supply the amount of protein contained in 1.2 to 1.5 pounds of soybean meal.
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A grass - legume mix works best. Hay should be fed alone for the first 3 - 4 days in the new environment. • Protein in the diet should be maintained at 13 - 15%. • Once the calf is acclimated to the new environment, grain may be introduced. Grain sh ould be limited to 1% of body weight to start. Grai n should be increased gradually.
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