machslammer":3asuk7g3 said:
Yup - feed once a winter and bale graze - you will lose a bit more hay but it is easier on the ground, easier on the cattle, easier on the equipment and you have no expense for fuel, no maintenance, no labour, etc
Pencil it out and it comes in that the hay losses are more than paid for.
Most folks will not believe me - and very few folks will even attempt it - but after doing it for 40 years I know it works - in all conditions.
We bale graze for 7 months of the year and sometimes almost 8 if the weather does not cooperate - how long you actually feed hay? Two or three?
Last year we started mid October and they went on pasture May 20 or thereabouts.
Your part of the world?
Piece of cake.
Bez__