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<blockquote data-quote="4CTophand" data-source="post: 610121" data-attributes="member: 9140"><p>Well Angus thats all very interesting info and quite redundant to say the least and it sounds like you have a firm grasp of the obvious, which is par for the course most times. </p><p></p><p>Since you are in a region where "you only have to feed hay a marginal # of days" -- sounds like you could plant some winter annuals and get off the hay wagon. .... after all it is cheaper but a lil more work which may be the reason you are against it due to a town job and part timing it on the prairie; and dry hay is the worst form of forage you can feed (Nutritionally).</p><p>I dont care that this is the way your bunch has been doing it for x number of years--- Cured hay is basically very nutritionally deficient no matter where you live..... this is my point and my point only</p><p>there is more than one way to skin a cat-- and the old way of putting up hay is counter-productive to your profit margin. And the boo hoo -ing about the drought-- don't think for one minute you boys are the ony people in the country to be suffering from that debacle. I see it all the time ranchers not planning ahead for a potential dry spell whether it turns out to be 1 month or 7 and they spend their time complaining about it instead of doing something productive.... Not wanting to be critical of other ppls management schemes but it reminds me of the cartoon seeing the nimrod hitting the brick wall over and over again like a broken record.... sometimes you have to think outside the box boys,,,, thats all I am saying--- My great great grandfather started ranching in 1841 and in those days they were doing things differently and over the years we changed them or modified them to meet our current requirements--- thats all there is to it; sometimes you have to modify what you do-- to make a living in this show. I wish you luck and I am hopeful more people get off the hay wagon because it is a drain on this business we are in..... </p><p></p><p>T</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="4CTophand, post: 610121, member: 9140"] Well Angus thats all very interesting info and quite redundant to say the least and it sounds like you have a firm grasp of the obvious, which is par for the course most times. Since you are in a region where "you only have to feed hay a marginal # of days" -- sounds like you could plant some winter annuals and get off the hay wagon. .... after all it is cheaper but a lil more work which may be the reason you are against it due to a town job and part timing it on the prairie; and dry hay is the worst form of forage you can feed (Nutritionally). I dont care that this is the way your bunch has been doing it for x number of years--- Cured hay is basically very nutritionally deficient no matter where you live..... this is my point and my point only there is more than one way to skin a cat-- and the old way of putting up hay is counter-productive to your profit margin. And the boo hoo -ing about the drought-- don't think for one minute you boys are the ony people in the country to be suffering from that debacle. I see it all the time ranchers not planning ahead for a potential dry spell whether it turns out to be 1 month or 7 and they spend their time complaining about it instead of doing something productive.... Not wanting to be critical of other ppls management schemes but it reminds me of the cartoon seeing the nimrod hitting the brick wall over and over again like a broken record.... sometimes you have to think outside the box boys,,,, thats all I am saying--- My great great grandfather started ranching in 1841 and in those days they were doing things differently and over the years we changed them or modified them to meet our current requirements--- thats all there is to it; sometimes you have to modify what you do-- to make a living in this show. I wish you luck and I am hopeful more people get off the hay wagon because it is a drain on this business we are in..... T [/QUOTE]
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