I have five acres. About 3 acres of it is fenced off with nothing growing on it. It is farmland and I recently disced it up.
They are having an internet auction locally that ends today and they have 1000lb round bales of italian rye grass that are currently at $1.00 each. It is located 20 miles from my place and I have a trailer to go get it. They have about 1000 bales. I was thinking of buying 300 bales, buying 30 steers, sticking them on my 3 acres and feeding them for about 10 months or until the hay is gone.
Basically I am trying to take adavantage of this cheap feed. I am wondering if I can feed them it alone, or if I need to add grain, etc.
My neighbor who is a lot more knowledgeable about this than me looked at the hay and said it would be good for cattle.
They are having an internet auction locally that ends today and they have 1000lb round bales of italian rye grass that are currently at $1.00 each. It is located 20 miles from my place and I have a trailer to go get it. They have about 1000 bales. I was thinking of buying 300 bales, buying 30 steers, sticking them on my 3 acres and feeding them for about 10 months or until the hay is gone.
Basically I am trying to take adavantage of this cheap feed. I am wondering if I can feed them it alone, or if I need to add grain, etc.
My neighbor who is a lot more knowledgeable about this than me looked at the hay and said it would be good for cattle.