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<blockquote data-quote="Angus Cowman" data-source="post: 836520" data-attributes="member: 8829"><p>That would work on a confinement operation but in a pasture setting like I have </p><p> that requires even more equipment and more labor than baling it and more expense at feeding time also </p><p>There isn't many custom choppers around here and they are usually backed up and then you have the expense of hauling it from the chopper to the silo and then the expense of packing it down also </p><p> so chopping in this area is ALOT more expensive than the baling </p><p></p><p>IMO feeeding a whole diet ration consisting of sileage isn't feasible for a beef operation just like growing and feeding alfalfa in my part of the country isn't feasible either </p><p> but if you feed it as a supplement it works very well and I can see the difference in my cows and calves in the winter </p><p> If I was a spring calver I probably wouldn't use sileage but since my cows are carrying a calf and breeding in Nov -Jan I can see the benefit of it</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Angus Cowman, post: 836520, member: 8829"] That would work on a confinement operation but in a pasture setting like I have that requires even more equipment and more labor than baling it and more expense at feeding time also There isn't many custom choppers around here and they are usually backed up and then you have the expense of hauling it from the chopper to the silo and then the expense of packing it down also so chopping in this area is ALOT more expensive than the baling IMO feeeding a whole diet ration consisting of sileage isn't feasible for a beef operation just like growing and feeding alfalfa in my part of the country isn't feasible either but if you feed it as a supplement it works very well and I can see the difference in my cows and calves in the winter If I was a spring calver I probably wouldn't use sileage but since my cows are carrying a calf and breeding in Nov -Jan I can see the benefit of it [/QUOTE]
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