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<blockquote data-quote="Bez__" data-source="post: 1207352" data-attributes="member: 22126"><p>When folks complain about mud and then drive over the fields to feed animals they are their own worst enemy.</p><p></p><p>The big difference I see is I put all the hay out at one time and never drive on the field again. </p><p></p><p>I never start a tractor to feed an animal all winter unless it is an unusual circumstance. I never have to clean pens and spread manure. I never worry about ruts. My fertilizer costs are lowered. Cattle never stand in knee deep mud to eat at feeders so they stay a lot cleaner. I never have to go out in the mud and rain or snow and move feeders. I never have to slog through the mud. I never have to get dirty working in lousy conditions. All of this is worth money - but most folks will tell you they spend little money feeding and forget about the wear and tear on equipment. Most folks will also tell you that it takes very little time to do their feeding. But it is every weekend or every other day and that time does add up.</p><p></p><p>I do get to go out and enjoy looking at them and checking them out.</p><p></p><p>The health aspects of clean animals cannot be denied - scratch an ankle and then eat while standing in mud might mean another thread - "Cow Limping". That is an almost continual topic here and sometimes we do it to them.</p><p></p><p>One thing I do notice about folks is literally every year they complain about mud they have - yet no one has ever come on here to tell us how they changed their operation dramatically and successfully got away from the mud. When they get some suggestions the response is often resistance. So why ask about other ways?</p><p></p><p>I would be curious to see someone else other than Aaron and I try this. And do an actual pencil out over the space of a year - and not come back here in the first week going OMG the hay waste is terrible!</p><p></p><p>I forget who it was, but someone once stated - Doing the same thing over and over yet expecting a different result is the definition of insanity.</p><p></p><p>Put all your hay out when the ground is dry - no fuss, no muss and no ruts.</p><p></p><p>If you have mud you need to solve the problem - perhaps actually try something different?</p><p></p><p>Out of this one.</p><p></p><p>Best to all</p><p></p><p>Bez__</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bez__, post: 1207352, member: 22126"] When folks complain about mud and then drive over the fields to feed animals they are their own worst enemy. The big difference I see is I put all the hay out at one time and never drive on the field again. I never start a tractor to feed an animal all winter unless it is an unusual circumstance. I never have to clean pens and spread manure. I never worry about ruts. My fertilizer costs are lowered. Cattle never stand in knee deep mud to eat at feeders so they stay a lot cleaner. I never have to go out in the mud and rain or snow and move feeders. I never have to slog through the mud. I never have to get dirty working in lousy conditions. All of this is worth money - but most folks will tell you they spend little money feeding and forget about the wear and tear on equipment. Most folks will also tell you that it takes very little time to do their feeding. But it is every weekend or every other day and that time does add up. I do get to go out and enjoy looking at them and checking them out. The health aspects of clean animals cannot be denied - scratch an ankle and then eat while standing in mud might mean another thread - "Cow Limping". That is an almost continual topic here and sometimes we do it to them. One thing I do notice about folks is literally every year they complain about mud they have - yet no one has ever come on here to tell us how they changed their operation dramatically and successfully got away from the mud. When they get some suggestions the response is often resistance. So why ask about other ways? I would be curious to see someone else other than Aaron and I try this. And do an actual pencil out over the space of a year - and not come back here in the first week going OMG the hay waste is terrible! I forget who it was, but someone once stated - Doing the same thing over and over yet expecting a different result is the definition of insanity. Put all your hay out when the ground is dry - no fuss, no muss and no ruts. If you have mud you need to solve the problem - perhaps actually try something different? Out of this one. Best to all Bez__ [/QUOTE]
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