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<blockquote data-quote="1982vett" data-source="post: 1093308" data-attributes="member: 7795"><p>Well lets see...</p><p></p><p>I came through 2011 with about 20 tons left over....sold down to 27 cows and 2 bulls.</p><p></p><p>Baled about 260 tons in 2012.....bought some cows and had 53 cows and 2 bulls on December 31. Fed no hay during 2012.</p><p></p><p>First week of January 2013 started feeding. Fed for 3 weeks and put out about 8 tons. Pastures were in pretty good shape in May but when the rains didn't come in June and July they played out. Started feeding in mid August and fed about 15 tons till the September rain got things going. Have a group of heifers I fed a few rolls to that accounts for another 3 tons. So that totals 26 tons fed which leaves 254 tons in the barns. Sold some cows, bought some cows, kept some heifers....At the moment I have 52 Cows (14 with calves), 2 bulls and 8 yearling heifers.</p><p></p><p>The cows are chewing through the winter pastures at a pretty good pace but only time will tell when I have to put out hay.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/data/pngs/20140114/20140114_tx_none.png" target="_blank">http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/data/pngs/20140114/20140114_tx_none.png</a></p><p></p><p>Even with some pretty nice rains since September, the drought monitor shows us to still be in a moderate drought....evident by the tanks still being less than half full.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1982vett, post: 1093308, member: 7795"] Well lets see... I came through 2011 with about 20 tons left over....sold down to 27 cows and 2 bulls. Baled about 260 tons in 2012.....bought some cows and had 53 cows and 2 bulls on December 31. Fed no hay during 2012. First week of January 2013 started feeding. Fed for 3 weeks and put out about 8 tons. Pastures were in pretty good shape in May but when the rains didn't come in June and July they played out. Started feeding in mid August and fed about 15 tons till the September rain got things going. Have a group of heifers I fed a few rolls to that accounts for another 3 tons. So that totals 26 tons fed which leaves 254 tons in the barns. Sold some cows, bought some cows, kept some heifers....At the moment I have 52 Cows (14 with calves), 2 bulls and 8 yearling heifers. The cows are chewing through the winter pastures at a pretty good pace but only time will tell when I have to put out hay. [url]http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/data/pngs/20140114/20140114_tx_none.png[/url] Even with some pretty nice rains since September, the drought monitor shows us to still be in a moderate drought....evident by the tanks still being less than half full. [/QUOTE]
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