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<blockquote data-quote="jilleroo" data-source="post: 1113166" data-attributes="member: 8192"><p>Thanks for your concern Ken and others...things are still much the same. We trucked 100 cows plus calves across to our northern place last week. They were in fairly ordinary condition with a lot of newborn calves but we didnt lose anything. We went over there today to see how the feed has responded to the rain - it was good on the southern side of the place but, despite having good rain, the northern half is very light indeed, just some weed and button grass, the mitchell grass is still in black dead clumps, so its mainly all blow-away stuff. The cows and calves on the southern side are looking good but, without more rain, that will soon dry off too. We can't really truck anything else from here across as we're anticipating getting kicked off one lot of agistment soon and will need to put those good young cows there. Hubby also went up to our main agistment property a couple of days ago but was pretty pleased with what he saw there. We'll have to lighten off the first calf heifers very soon - despite being vet PTIC, about 70 havent calved! So off to market they'll go, they've had their chance.</p><p>We're not feeding M8U any more - there's no roughage to go with it. The cows are all running around on the sparse green pick at the moment and won't touch the hay. What is our plan, I hear you ask?? We'd like to know! Give us one!! People are starting to dump cattle on the market again left right and centre and we've got plenty that need to go too, all the weaners we have in hand on both places is a good place to start! The problem is they're not worth a lot, the steers will sell ok but the heifers are unwanted.</p><p>Ken, we fed a lot of the frosted wheaten hay that was around and it was okay. Those big squares are pretty hard to handle in a paddock situation as opposed to the round bales. We paid about $200 a tonne in NSW or southern Qld and had it brought out at $7 km for three trailers. It was pretty green and ours gobbled it up. They don't eat the rhodes grass as enthusiastically which isnt a bad thing sometimes. I don't know what your girls would think of it if they've got a green pick. They'd probably waste a lot of it for you.</p><p>Congrats from us too Diana on your great show wins! And congrats to you too OME!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jilleroo, post: 1113166, member: 8192"] Thanks for your concern Ken and others...things are still much the same. We trucked 100 cows plus calves across to our northern place last week. They were in fairly ordinary condition with a lot of newborn calves but we didnt lose anything. We went over there today to see how the feed has responded to the rain - it was good on the southern side of the place but, despite having good rain, the northern half is very light indeed, just some weed and button grass, the mitchell grass is still in black dead clumps, so its mainly all blow-away stuff. The cows and calves on the southern side are looking good but, without more rain, that will soon dry off too. We can't really truck anything else from here across as we're anticipating getting kicked off one lot of agistment soon and will need to put those good young cows there. Hubby also went up to our main agistment property a couple of days ago but was pretty pleased with what he saw there. We'll have to lighten off the first calf heifers very soon - despite being vet PTIC, about 70 havent calved! So off to market they'll go, they've had their chance. We're not feeding M8U any more - there's no roughage to go with it. The cows are all running around on the sparse green pick at the moment and won't touch the hay. What is our plan, I hear you ask?? We'd like to know! Give us one!! People are starting to dump cattle on the market again left right and centre and we've got plenty that need to go too, all the weaners we have in hand on both places is a good place to start! The problem is they're not worth a lot, the steers will sell ok but the heifers are unwanted. Ken, we fed a lot of the frosted wheaten hay that was around and it was okay. Those big squares are pretty hard to handle in a paddock situation as opposed to the round bales. We paid about $200 a tonne in NSW or southern Qld and had it brought out at $7 km for three trailers. It was pretty green and ours gobbled it up. They don't eat the rhodes grass as enthusiastically which isnt a bad thing sometimes. I don't know what your girls would think of it if they've got a green pick. They'd probably waste a lot of it for you. Congrats from us too Diana on your great show wins! And congrats to you too OME! [/QUOTE]
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