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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 554533" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>I don't know about sweet potatoes but when regular old taters get cheap there are lots of them that get fed to cattle in the northwest. In fact there are large feedlots near all the French fry factories that feed lots of potato waste as their base for their ration.</p><p></p><p>A few years back a friend who has a dairy farm was getting a semi load of taters every week or so. He just put them into the mixer wagon and chopped them up that way. Said the cows loved them and it sure cheapened up his ration. That isn't happening now because tater prices are also at a record high.</p><p></p><p>If storage is the issue I think rather than dry them it would be cheaper to chop them and make sweet potato silage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 554533, member: 498"] I don't know about sweet potatoes but when regular old taters get cheap there are lots of them that get fed to cattle in the northwest. In fact there are large feedlots near all the French fry factories that feed lots of potato waste as their base for their ration. A few years back a friend who has a dairy farm was getting a semi load of taters every week or so. He just put them into the mixer wagon and chopped them up that way. Said the cows loved them and it sure cheapened up his ration. That isn't happening now because tater prices are also at a record high. If storage is the issue I think rather than dry them it would be cheaper to chop them and make sweet potato silage. [/QUOTE]
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