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<blockquote data-quote="1wlimo" data-source="post: 878824" data-attributes="member: 16646"><p>Ok if you want your animals housed all year you need to change to a zero grazing system, so when the grass is growing you have a tractor with a mower on the front and a silage wagon on the rear and you go out every day and cut all the fresh feed your animals need. Then I would bemaking silage for the winter. That saves on doubleing up on machines, and while some use this method and recon that they can get heigher yeilds from their forage than by grazing it is a lot of tractor hours an fuel. </p><p></p><p>A cow and calf opperation is not sutiable so buy in and grow on your animas selling them for slaughter. </p><p></p><p>Take your shed and cut the middle out so that you have two facing lean too's where you have dry straw for your animals to sleep, and then you need a feed way of concreete for the animals to stand on, feed barrier, tractor way, feed barrier, feed way for animals to stand and eat, covered straw area. The straw area does not need concrete. That way you need 60 to 80 square feet per full grown animal</p><p></p><p></p><p>Better yet if you have whey and straw would it not be better to grow grain on the land and feed pigs?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1wlimo, post: 878824, member: 16646"] Ok if you want your animals housed all year you need to change to a zero grazing system, so when the grass is growing you have a tractor with a mower on the front and a silage wagon on the rear and you go out every day and cut all the fresh feed your animals need. Then I would bemaking silage for the winter. That saves on doubleing up on machines, and while some use this method and recon that they can get heigher yeilds from their forage than by grazing it is a lot of tractor hours an fuel. A cow and calf opperation is not sutiable so buy in and grow on your animas selling them for slaughter. Take your shed and cut the middle out so that you have two facing lean too's where you have dry straw for your animals to sleep, and then you need a feed way of concreete for the animals to stand on, feed barrier, tractor way, feed barrier, feed way for animals to stand and eat, covered straw area. The straw area does not need concrete. That way you need 60 to 80 square feet per full grown animal Better yet if you have whey and straw would it not be better to grow grain on the land and feed pigs? [/QUOTE]
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