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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 16438"><p>> I wouldn't touch it with a ten</p><p>> foot pole, even while wearing my</p><p>> ten gallon hat. Evidence is that</p><p>> the nutritional value drops by up</p><p>> to 30%, so if you started with</p><p>> adequate hay at baling, it is now</p><p>> inadequate. Borrow a hay test</p><p>> sampler from the extension and go</p><p>> out and take a deep core and find</p><p>> out what the protein, TDN, etc is.</p><p>> That is the only way you'll know.</p><p></p><p>If this dry weather persists in Texas much longer he'll be damn glad to get anything his cows can chew on. Of course it will only get hotter for the next few months, but we are going into the summer season with very poor moisture levels. People all around me are feeding hay already and there is precious little growth to any of the hay in the fields. This past weekend I saw several guys cutting and baling some of the raunchiest crap (essentially weed fields ripe for the developers & home builders) that you could imagine. In years past they would have been horrified at the thought of baling & feeding some of that stuff. I've had only seven-tenths of an inch of rain since late March and I felt compelled to start feeding this past weekend myself. I imagine that there will be a lot of good cows for sale real cheap around here if things don't change pretty soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 16438"] > I wouldn't touch it with a ten > foot pole, even while wearing my > ten gallon hat. Evidence is that > the nutritional value drops by up > to 30%, so if you started with > adequate hay at baling, it is now > inadequate. Borrow a hay test > sampler from the extension and go > out and take a deep core and find > out what the protein, TDN, etc is. > That is the only way you'll know. If this dry weather persists in Texas much longer he'll be damn glad to get anything his cows can chew on. Of course it will only get hotter for the next few months, but we are going into the summer season with very poor moisture levels. People all around me are feeding hay already and there is precious little growth to any of the hay in the fields. This past weekend I saw several guys cutting and baling some of the raunchiest crap (essentially weed fields ripe for the developers & home builders) that you could imagine. In years past they would have been horrified at the thought of baling & feeding some of that stuff. I've had only seven-tenths of an inch of rain since late March and I felt compelled to start feeding this past weekend myself. I imagine that there will be a lot of good cows for sale real cheap around here if things don't change pretty soon. [/QUOTE]
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