cotton trash

[jbar]

this is what they clean out of cotton when it comes in to the gin from the fields. this will have leaves, seed hulls,stalk. i just want to know about feeding it to cattle to supplment my hay.has any one used it. they told me at the gin it makes good firtilzer.

 

[Tod Dague]

I feed it. It is low in energy but has plenty of protein. Be sure that it hasn't got wet and that it stays dry. It will fall in TDN very quickly once it is wet. It is more labor intensive than hay and requires some place to store it.

 

[Tod Dague]

I forgot to mention that I'm feeding it to cows not calves. If you are feeding calves you would be better off feeding good quality hay.

 

[TexasBred]

Jbar....lots of folks fed "gin trash" last year during the drought. Works fine and cows really like it. Most comes already ground up which makes it awfully dusty but since there is always some cotton and cottonseed remaining in the trash it often is guaranteed a minimum of 8% crude protein.

 

[jbar]

thanks for replys, i am about 2/3s threw the first load. calves are doing fine on it. they get 4lbs of distillers grain / about 20lbs of cotton trash/all the corn stalks they want.they look funny when you see cotton hangin out of both sides of there mouth.my bpcog is .79/day. i want to weight them in 60 days and see what the gain is /day.i am hoping around 2 lbs.

 

[TexLonghornRanch]

Where is good place to buy gin trash in North Texas?

 

[TexasBred]

Tex, don't know exactly where you are in North Texas but have seen some burrs come from Sweetwater and some from Lubbock. Brokers usually buy them up and you have to go thru one of them. Are there any cotton gins anywhere in your area? Give'em a call. Last year they cost about $75 a ton delivered from the Coastal Bend area.