> When you first receive the hay,
> set it in the feed yard or field
> at about ten foot spacing between
> bales. Segregate the bales that
> you want to reserve from the bales
> that you want the stock to access
> with an electric fence rope/wire.
> Through the course of winter you
> can move the position of the
> rope/wire to permit access to the
> next bale, instead of moving the
> bales.
The idea of segregating the hay with a wire is a very good one, if you have enough space. I considered doing this but by the time you space out 100+ rolls during the time when the cattle are still feeding you may lose a lot of grass space. Consider the ease factor of being able to walk out to your hay during the snow season and changing the wire as opposed to the space you loose during the grassy season.
Another option I'm sure many of us have used when our tractors are broke down is simply tie a rope or chains around the rolls and hook the rope to the trailer ball of your truck and pull that sucker out into the pasture that way.
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