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<blockquote data-quote="Arnold Ziffle" data-source="post: 160459" data-attributes="member: 43"><p>A+ --- I've never seen more than 38 large (5 x 6) bales on a flatbed trailer. I don't think they are allowed to stack them more than two high.</p><p></p><p>PLB, based on your descriptions of the hay, the hay producer, etc. I'd jump on that $10 hay so fast it would make your head spin!! Long story, but I just recently finished feeding out some round bales that were anywhere from two to <u>five</u> years old and that had been stored outside. The oldest bales were still about half "good". Plus throwing more cubes at the gals than I normally would, in view of the relatively poor quality . (the old hay was all free for the taking)</p><p></p><p>It's too late for this year but, seeing as you are in Arkansas, have you ever investigated the possibility of getting some rice straw baled cheaply and ammoniating it and/or using molasses? As I recall, rice straw isn't quite up to wheat/oats/barley but it still has some viability in a somewhat emergency situation.</p><p></p><p>Ever considered the economic viability of moving some cattle down into the rice country for winter? Probably too late for this year once again, but would it be feasible to strike a deal with a big rice grower to put a little water on some land (that would normally be fallow the next year under his normal roatation system) and trying to grow a ryegrass or oats crop for grazing? Or for an early hay crop? (I don't know that any of that would "pencil out" --- just thinking out loud, so to speak)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arnold Ziffle, post: 160459, member: 43"] A+ --- I've never seen more than 38 large (5 x 6) bales on a flatbed trailer. I don't think they are allowed to stack them more than two high. PLB, based on your descriptions of the hay, the hay producer, etc. I'd jump on that $10 hay so fast it would make your head spin!! Long story, but I just recently finished feeding out some round bales that were anywhere from two to [u]five[/u] years old and that had been stored outside. The oldest bales were still about half "good". Plus throwing more cubes at the gals than I normally would, in view of the relatively poor quality . (the old hay was all free for the taking) It's too late for this year but, seeing as you are in Arkansas, have you ever investigated the possibility of getting some rice straw baled cheaply and ammoniating it and/or using molasses? As I recall, rice straw isn't quite up to wheat/oats/barley but it still has some viability in a somewhat emergency situation. Ever considered the economic viability of moving some cattle down into the rice country for winter? Probably too late for this year once again, but would it be feasible to strike a deal with a big rice grower to put a little water on some land (that would normally be fallow the next year under his normal roatation system) and trying to grow a ryegrass or oats crop for grazing? Or for an early hay crop? (I don't know that any of that would "pencil out" --- just thinking out loud, so to speak) [/QUOTE]
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