Bahia hay

[papavillars]

Need to buy hay for winter, Bahia 5x5.5. Rolls $40.00 delivered. Coastal $50.00 delivered. I have not had either tested. Your thoughts on the two. One of my fields already has a lot of Bahia growing in it. I am a little overstocked so hay will definitely be fed this winter.

 

[Caustic Burno]

My cows will leave coastal to eat Bahia

 

[papavillars]

Thanks , CB.

 

[JMJ Farms]

Like CB said mine love it too. IF it's got the seeds in the heads, which if it was big enough to cut and roll, it most likely does. The quality shouldn't be as good as Bermuda but it's also 20% less $ so I think it will be a good buy.

 

[TexasBred]

Need to buy hay for winter, Bahia 5x5.5. Rolls $40.00 delivered. Coastal $50.00 delivered. I have not had either tested. Your thoughts on the two. One of my fields already has a lot of Bahia growing in it. I am a little overstocked so hay will definitely be fed this winter.

It just makes an ugly roll as it ages but really is not as bad as some folks make it out to be. I know a few dairymen that feed it. Price is right too if they're large rolls.

 

[papavillars]

Thanks, TB. They are 5x5.5 rolls. The gentleman took me to the field to see it standing. Almost weed free. About three miles from my place straight down 75. Once again I am beholding to an Aggie. Ever over this way give me a shout. Always tea and coffee to be had.

 

[M-5]

Bahia is excellent hay , I would test it though .
If they both were cut at right time the Bermuda will Prolly test out higher CP .

 

[Kingfisher]

My cows will leave coastal to eat Bahia

Trained

 

[Kingfisher]

Bahia hay ain't " Bermuda" all things equal. They usually are not.

 

[JMJ Farms]

It just makes an ugly roll as it ages but really is not as bad as some folks make it out to be.

I agree. What causes it to turn dark so bad TB?

 

[dcarp]

Just went to a presentation about hay. Good ole Aggie with a Doctorate degree. 60% of the protein in Bahia grass is in the bottom 2 inches so when you baled the rest of it you got the 40% of the protein. Bahia is a good pasture grass but for hay I'll take Bermuda or Klein anytime.

 

[Caustic Burno]

Bahia hay ain't " Bermuda" all things equal. They usually are not.

It is east Texas coastal and better you can actually grow it. You have to set coastal on top a sack of fertilize for it to grow then you get stem

 

[TexasBred]

It just makes an ugly roll as it ages but really is not as bad as some folks make it out to be.

I agree. What causes it to turn dark so bad TB?

Never knew for certain. Always wondered if high sugar content had anything to do with it but it does make it look pretty awful doesn't it.

 

[TexasBred]

Just went to a presentation about hay. Good ole Aggie with a Doctorate degree. 60% of the protein in Bahia grass is in the bottom 2 inches so when you baled the rest of it you got the 40% of the protein. Bahia is a good pasture grass but for hay I'll take Bermuda or Klein anytime.

Great when you got it but weather limits coastal much more than bahia.

 

[JMJ Farms]

It just makes an ugly roll as it ages but really is not as bad as some folks make it out to be.

I agree. What causes it to turn dark so bad TB?

Never knew for certain. Always wondered if high sugar content had anything to do with it but it does make it look pretty awful doesn't it.

It does. Turns fast too. Looks really bad when sitting next to a pretty roll of Bermuda. I have couple of hay fields that I've rented in the last couple of years where the Bahia had started encroaching into the Bermuda. On the spots that are real heavy with Bahia, rather than killing all the Bahia at once and leaving huge bare spots I spray a little farther each year and let the Bermuda cover. My point is that I will have a handful of roads each year that are mixed. When you look at the side of the bale there will be dark rings from the Bahia and pretty light green rings from the Bermuda. Those are some ugly rolls. But the cows don't mind, just the customers.

 

[greybeard]

Doesn't seem to brown nearly as fast or bad if I get it inside as soon as I can from the field. Gotta be more to it than just sunlight tho--it browns deep inside the roll too.

 

[BK9954]

Darn good price for delivered. I just bought 20 rolls of 4X6 of coastal for 50 delivered. Your deal aounds pretty good.

 

[Caustic Burno]

Doesn't seem to brown nearly as fast or bad if I get it inside as soon as I can from the field. Gotta be more to it than just sunlight tho--it browns deep inside the roll too.

The brown only bothers you not the bovines