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I’m the market for a Hydraulic bale bed. Anyone own one of the CM bale bed that can speak on it? Would love a Hydra Bed but they very proud of them.

Was toying with the idea of mixing in some red river crab grass in my pasture that has mostly B-Dahl bluestem. Purpose was to fill in some of the spots the bluestem hasn’t and better late season summer grazing. Bluestem really drops off in quality just about the time crab grass gets going. Can...

We have been doing the bale grazing but as I’ve said they leave a lot behind. Since I have to travel for work I need to be able to leave up to a weeks worth of hay out then have help simply drop the poly wire to let them in. It sounds like the main concern with keeping spoilage down is...

Sorry Wester OK. Windy and Dry. Only rain we get come from BIG thunderstorms, so we get a months worth of rain in :30 minutes then nothing….

Had a questions for those of you that unroll their hay. What is the shelf life of a bale of hay once unrolled? In other words how many days after a bale of hay is unrolled before it spoils / weathers / looses quality? Currently we practice rotational crazing and set out 3-4 bales in each...

Good find. Thank you

Has anyone ever tried finishing steers on Milo/Sorghum or Wheat grain instead of Corn. Live out in Wester OK and Corn isn’t grown in abundance, just don’t get the rain. Most bulk whole feed Corn is trucked in and come at a around $300 Ton unless you can find a farmer growing under pivot. Milo is...

He was diving headfirst down the pile of dirt. She was posing like her mother ask.

Boys made different.

Much appreciated. Know the T&S feeders don’t use an auger but couldn’t see how it would jam on rolled grain. I suppose it possible if it got wet and packed.

Know this is an old thread but wanted to use the JR to feed rolled wheat grain. What commodity feed locked the hopper up?