Feeding Silage inside the Polar Vortex ?

[Stocker Steve]

There was piles of silage made here last fall due to poor corn weather. The cows like it, and now put up their noses at meadow hay, but silage is a lot more labor to feed.

I could have grazed more corn in hindsight. Any other low(er) labor approaches to suggest for feeding corn silage ?

 

[Aaron]

I don't think you can get any lower labor than feeding it on the stalk. As far as feeding silage, neighbor used bottomless bunks and slotted feed wagons. Fills them every 4 days or so.

 

[Stocker Steve]

Bottomless bunks sound good. What is a slotted wagon?

 

[Aaron]

Bottomless bunks sound good. What is a slotted wagon?

Brain fart in the early morning. Couldn't remember terms. Neighbor has about 4-5 of these:

http://www.iowafarmequipment.com/hs_slantbar_feeder.html