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<blockquote data-quote="Alberta farmer" data-source="post: 686463" data-attributes="member: 8978"><p>A 1300 lb. cow requires about 35 lbs./day of hay. The cow management manuals say less but they are basing that on a dry matter basis and don't take into account some waste. No matter your feeding system there is always some waste.</p><p>Without a lot of stockpiled forage the average Alberta cattleman will be feeding from Niv 1st to June 1st or 213 days. That means 213 days X 35 lbs = 7455 lbs/cow. That would mean you would need 6.2 1200 lb. round bales for each cow. Last year decent hay was about 3 cents a pound or $223.65/cow to feed her if you fed for 213 days.</p><p>This year hay is selling for around 10 cents a pound...if you can find it! Hay sold last week at a local auction for 12.5 cents/lb.!</p><p>At 10 cents a pound it would cost $745.50 to feed one cow for 213 days...clearly not possible if you intend to make a profit?</p><p>The smart money will be selling both cows and hay this year...the ones who just love their cows will be paying big time to keep them! </p><p>Just to pay for the cows winter feed you would need $1.24 for her 600 lb. weaned calf on November 1st....never mind paying for the grass she ate in the summer. It just doesn't work. Sorry, just my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alberta farmer, post: 686463, member: 8978"] A 1300 lb. cow requires about 35 lbs./day of hay. The cow management manuals say less but they are basing that on a dry matter basis and don't take into account some waste. No matter your feeding system there is always some waste. Without a lot of stockpiled forage the average Alberta cattleman will be feeding from Niv 1st to June 1st or 213 days. That means 213 days X 35 lbs = 7455 lbs/cow. That would mean you would need 6.2 1200 lb. round bales for each cow. Last year decent hay was about 3 cents a pound or $223.65/cow to feed her if you fed for 213 days. This year hay is selling for around 10 cents a pound...if you can find it! Hay sold last week at a local auction for 12.5 cents/lb.! At 10 cents a pound it would cost $745.50 to feed one cow for 213 days...clearly not possible if you intend to make a profit? The smart money will be selling both cows and hay this year...the ones who just love their cows will be paying big time to keep them! Just to pay for the cows winter feed you would need $1.24 for her 600 lb. weaned calf on November 1st....never mind paying for the grass she ate in the summer. It just doesn't work. Sorry, just my opinion. [/QUOTE]
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