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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1521385" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>$25.. I wish! Actually, with the analysis we received on this, I'm not sure it's worth $25... but with shipping costs, we're paying just a few cents over double that. </p><p></p><p>Steve, we've normally fed 3-5# DDG/cow/day in addition to 25-27# hay, but ration calculator indicates that we'll have to go as high as 10#DDG for the lactating Fall-calving cows in order to meet protein needs... and will still be close to being deficient in energy... and if we feed more than about 22# of this sorry hay... it makes things WORSE!</p><p>And, to top it off, the analysis on the next batch of hay is even poorer - lower CP, lower TDN. </p><p></p><p>Trying to get across to this producer that it doesn't matter how much $$ he spends spraying and fertilizing in the spring, if he's not going to make a first cutting until mid-July... it's NEVER going to be good. Yeah, we CAN supplement, but for what we're paying, we shouldn't have to feed that much extra... and if he's got other clients who are going to feed only hay... they're gonna have cows that are approaching (and some reaching) starvation despite consuming all of this material that they can take in... and may also have calf survivability issues if those cows make it to calving.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1521385, member: 12607"] $25.. I wish! Actually, with the analysis we received on this, I'm not sure it's worth $25... but with shipping costs, we're paying just a few cents over double that. Steve, we've normally fed 3-5# DDG/cow/day in addition to 25-27# hay, but ration calculator indicates that we'll have to go as high as 10#DDG for the lactating Fall-calving cows in order to meet protein needs... and will still be close to being deficient in energy... and if we feed more than about 22# of this sorry hay... it makes things WORSE! And, to top it off, the analysis on the next batch of hay is even poorer - lower CP, lower TDN. Trying to get across to this producer that it doesn't matter how much $$ he spends spraying and fertilizing in the spring, if he's not going to make a first cutting until mid-July... it's NEVER going to be good. Yeah, we CAN supplement, but for what we're paying, we shouldn't have to feed that much extra... and if he's got other clients who are going to feed only hay... they're gonna have cows that are approaching (and some reaching) starvation despite consuming all of this material that they can take in... and may also have calf survivability issues if those cows make it to calving. [/QUOTE]
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