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Bred cows on winter wheat
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<blockquote data-quote="DiamondSCattleCo" data-source="post: 600538" data-attributes="member: 2862"><p>Is this standing winter wheat headed out?</p><p></p><p>If so, the only real dangers are through the first few days, as cattle released onto standing crop will first strip the heads off and not eat much else besides the heads. Wheat is pretty hot feed, however its digestibility when not rolled or crushed is pretty poor, so I'm really not sure what they're going to take out of it. What I do know is that they will have bellies full of nothing but wheat and head chaff for a few days, so I'd watch them close. Then after that, they'll be eating nothing but wheat straw, so I don't think I'd do it right in the middle of winter (my winter may be quite a bit colder than yours though)</p><p></p><p>Rod</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiamondSCattleCo, post: 600538, member: 2862"] Is this standing winter wheat headed out? If so, the only real dangers are through the first few days, as cattle released onto standing crop will first strip the heads off and not eat much else besides the heads. Wheat is pretty hot feed, however its digestibility when not rolled or crushed is pretty poor, so I'm really not sure what they're going to take out of it. What I do know is that they will have bellies full of nothing but wheat and head chaff for a few days, so I'd watch them close. Then after that, they'll be eating nothing but wheat straw, so I don't think I'd do it right in the middle of winter (my winter may be quite a bit colder than yours though) Rod [/QUOTE]
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