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<blockquote data-quote="flyingS" data-source="post: 711609" data-attributes="member: 13383"><p>Isn't the point of bale grazing to avoid the cost of feeding hay? I assumed that people that feed this way plan to intensively graze the regrowth on their meadow or field as well as the bales. I have a neighbor that grazes small squares with stockers and cows. He will turn 500 or so stockers into a meadow and let the calves graze once they have cleaned up the bales he moves them. There is virtually no waste and defineately no weeds. The small squares eliminate the competition for feed so you don't get cattle tromping one small area and they do not lay and crap in it either. The true savings is in the cost of equipment to put it up and he does not have to yard it or feed it. The return is showing in increased gain with substantially less input than previous years of feeding stacked hay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flyingS, post: 711609, member: 13383"] Isn't the point of bale grazing to avoid the cost of feeding hay? I assumed that people that feed this way plan to intensively graze the regrowth on their meadow or field as well as the bales. I have a neighbor that grazes small squares with stockers and cows. He will turn 500 or so stockers into a meadow and let the calves graze once they have cleaned up the bales he moves them. There is virtually no waste and defineately no weeds. The small squares eliminate the competition for feed so you don't get cattle tromping one small area and they do not lay and crap in it either. The true savings is in the cost of equipment to put it up and he does not have to yard it or feed it. The return is showing in increased gain with substantially less input than previous years of feeding stacked hay. [/QUOTE]
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