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<blockquote data-quote="Alberta farmer" data-source="post: 701834" data-attributes="member: 8978"><p>Well I was trying to point out the high cost of wintering a cow in the traditional manner and you are probably right, I should have left out the sarcasm in my first post!</p><p>The old time cattlemen around here who intend to keep their cows are busy as bees baling up all their straw. A whole lot of cows this year are going to learn how to eat barley and straw!</p><p>Straw is running around 2 to 3 cents a pound. Barley is around 6.5 cents a pound. 20 lbs. of straw/10 lbs of barley works out to $1.20/day? 200 days $240 dollars? If you are calving in January I doubt this will work out that well though.</p><p>Of course that doesn't count rolling the barley. There are a lot of old rollers around...I told a neighbor he could use mine if he fixed one tire that is flat. Roll the barley out on top of the straw...takes a bit of work and time is all...but we all know farmers like to work for free!</p><p>Most of the cattle guys either have their own straw to bale or basically get it for free from the neighbors to bale.</p><p>I don't think it makes sense to feed cows 200 days a year at $240...not in this market, but that is just my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alberta farmer, post: 701834, member: 8978"] Well I was trying to point out the high cost of wintering a cow in the traditional manner and you are probably right, I should have left out the sarcasm in my first post! The old time cattlemen around here who intend to keep their cows are busy as bees baling up all their straw. A whole lot of cows this year are going to learn how to eat barley and straw! Straw is running around 2 to 3 cents a pound. Barley is around 6.5 cents a pound. 20 lbs. of straw/10 lbs of barley works out to $1.20/day? 200 days $240 dollars? If you are calving in January I doubt this will work out that well though. Of course that doesn't count rolling the barley. There are a lot of old rollers around...I told a neighbor he could use mine if he fixed one tire that is flat. Roll the barley out on top of the straw...takes a bit of work and time is all...but we all know farmers like to work for free! Most of the cattle guys either have their own straw to bale or basically get it for free from the neighbors to bale. I don't think it makes sense to feed cows 200 days a year at $240...not in this market, but that is just my opinion. [/QUOTE]
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