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<blockquote data-quote="cattleman25" data-source="post: 638689" data-attributes="member: 10052"><p>Thanks everybody for the advice</p><p></p><p>Here are some things I have discovered in the last few days, </p><p></p><p>That I was feeding way to little water in the tmr our last nutritionist did not tell us the amount but this one has it listed as 1500 pounds not the 300 I had always put in.</p><p></p><p>When I put the bag of mineral in the tmr wagon I never cut it, despite having sickle bar teeth everywhere it took about 15 minutes to cut the bag open and spread it evenly.</p><p></p><p>A day or two after making these changes I recorded the following pound per the twice a day milking 700 afternoon 1200 morning 900 afternoon, and it is much better, but it is completely inconsistent the morning we got 1200 pound it was freezing and windy but the afternoon when it was 70 out we got 900.</p><p></p><p>We are back to the 4000 pound tank average that we had about a month ago but I have put about 6 cows in the herd since then and the grass has started to come up</p><p></p><p></p><p>He does not do that for us but I drove 3 hours to drop it off at a lab and am awaiting results will post soon</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I read somewhere that having hay that is less than 3 inches can be a problem, We have a guy come buy every couple of months to shred our hay and it is about 4-5 inches, but when it leaves the mixer wagon it is at or below 3 inches. What kind of problems would fineness cause something with the rumen???</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> You are correct we were at 70 head then we dried up about 20 cows and although overall production dropped the per head amount stayed close to the same.</p><p></p><p> I believe I can eliminate this as a possible cause then.</p><p></p><p> Last year was the best hay season we have had in over a decade the rain was perfectly timed and abundant, I was told by someone at MFA that they hay had grown to fast and was lacking some of the mineral content it should have had is this possible I've never heard of it???</p><p> I talked to a friend about this, when I first put it out the whole herd was fighting to get to it like they were starved, the second bag I put out 4 days ago is still there.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks much for the input I had not considered that, once I get my lab results back I will scan them maybe that will help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cattleman25, post: 638689, member: 10052"] Thanks everybody for the advice Here are some things I have discovered in the last few days, That I was feeding way to little water in the tmr our last nutritionist did not tell us the amount but this one has it listed as 1500 pounds not the 300 I had always put in. When I put the bag of mineral in the tmr wagon I never cut it, despite having sickle bar teeth everywhere it took about 15 minutes to cut the bag open and spread it evenly. A day or two after making these changes I recorded the following pound per the twice a day milking 700 afternoon 1200 morning 900 afternoon, and it is much better, but it is completely inconsistent the morning we got 1200 pound it was freezing and windy but the afternoon when it was 70 out we got 900. We are back to the 4000 pound tank average that we had about a month ago but I have put about 6 cows in the herd since then and the grass has started to come up He does not do that for us but I drove 3 hours to drop it off at a lab and am awaiting results will post soon I read somewhere that having hay that is less than 3 inches can be a problem, We have a guy come buy every couple of months to shred our hay and it is about 4-5 inches, but when it leaves the mixer wagon it is at or below 3 inches. What kind of problems would fineness cause something with the rumen??? You are correct we were at 70 head then we dried up about 20 cows and although overall production dropped the per head amount stayed close to the same. I believe I can eliminate this as a possible cause then. Last year was the best hay season we have had in over a decade the rain was perfectly timed and abundant, I was told by someone at MFA that they hay had grown to fast and was lacking some of the mineral content it should have had is this possible I've never heard of it??? I talked to a friend about this, when I first put it out the whole herd was fighting to get to it like they were starved, the second bag I put out 4 days ago is still there. Thanks much for the input I had not considered that, once I get my lab results back I will scan them maybe that will help. [/QUOTE]
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