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<blockquote data-quote="johndeerefarmer" data-source="post: 1069210" data-attributes="member: 2084"><p>You are going to need some good hay and protein supplements for those heifers. Hay needs to be 11-12% protein and a TDN of upper 60's. I make 12% protein coastal with a TDN of mid 60's but not upper 60's, so you will also have to feed a supplement.</p><p></p><p>My hay costs me $25 bale just for the fertilizer, then add the weed killer, fuel and equipment costs and the price for my 4x5's go thru the roof. So by the time I fed by expensive hay, and a supplement no way would I buy heifers, feed them my expensive hay and then sell them.</p><p></p><p>Now if I was keeping them as herd replacements that might be a different story</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johndeerefarmer, post: 1069210, member: 2084"] You are going to need some good hay and protein supplements for those heifers. Hay needs to be 11-12% protein and a TDN of upper 60's. I make 12% protein coastal with a TDN of mid 60's but not upper 60's, so you will also have to feed a supplement. My hay costs me $25 bale just for the fertilizer, then add the weed killer, fuel and equipment costs and the price for my 4x5's go thru the roof. So by the time I fed by expensive hay, and a supplement no way would I buy heifers, feed them my expensive hay and then sell them. Now if I was keeping them as herd replacements that might be a different story [/QUOTE]
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