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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1546135" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>Feeding on the ground vs in a feeder of some sort depends greatly on your climate and soil. When I was on the Washington coast very few fed on the ground. There was just too much waste. The hay got stomped into the mud. The few who did feed on the ground had that real rocky out wash prairie soil which just doesn't mud up. The weather there in the winter was upper 30's and regular rain. Moved here to Eastern Oregon and everyone feeds on the ground. The 10 inch annual rainfall and ground frozen like a rock takes care of the mud issue. Most feed big square bales. By driving slowly across the field kicking a flake off the truck every 15 -20 feet it reduces the trampling. I have seen guys feeding round bales with both a spinner and a hydra bed where they paused the spinner or lifted the bale to leave a gap between hay piles. Again this reduced the trampling. I have yet to see anyone just straight unroll a bale.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1546135, member: 498"] Feeding on the ground vs in a feeder of some sort depends greatly on your climate and soil. When I was on the Washington coast very few fed on the ground. There was just too much waste. The hay got stomped into the mud. The few who did feed on the ground had that real rocky out wash prairie soil which just doesn't mud up. The weather there in the winter was upper 30's and regular rain. Moved here to Eastern Oregon and everyone feeds on the ground. The 10 inch annual rainfall and ground frozen like a rock takes care of the mud issue. Most feed big square bales. By driving slowly across the field kicking a flake off the truck every 15 -20 feet it reduces the trampling. I have seen guys feeding round bales with both a spinner and a hydra bed where they paused the spinner or lifted the bale to leave a gap between hay piles. Again this reduced the trampling. I have yet to see anyone just straight unroll a bale. [/QUOTE]
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