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<blockquote data-quote="dph" data-source="post: 316999" data-attributes="member: 2112"><p>Here's our old stand by: An acre / cow / month. This year I read an article from an extension fellow who said when the corn quits going through them 5lbs of decent hay would provide them with enough protein. Lately, there seems to have been some talk of cows being able to do just as well with 5 days worth of protein fed at once as they are being fed their allotment each day. That being said, we unroll a good hay bale for them every so often. If we have 60 cows on a field, and are feeding 1800 pound bales, one bale every 6 days would suffice. So one bale for the first week after they quit passing corn, and then gradually a bale more and more often to get to the end. 60 cows will eat that bale in no time, with much less waste. my 2 cents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dph, post: 316999, member: 2112"] Here's our old stand by: An acre / cow / month. This year I read an article from an extension fellow who said when the corn quits going through them 5lbs of decent hay would provide them with enough protein. Lately, there seems to have been some talk of cows being able to do just as well with 5 days worth of protein fed at once as they are being fed their allotment each day. That being said, we unroll a good hay bale for them every so often. If we have 60 cows on a field, and are feeding 1800 pound bales, one bale every 6 days would suffice. So one bale for the first week after they quit passing corn, and then gradually a bale more and more often to get to the end. 60 cows will eat that bale in no time, with much less waste. my 2 cents. [/QUOTE]
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