slick4591
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I'll be putting my first bale out tomorrow. It's dry, dry, dry and almost all brown.
Been feeding for a week now and will have to start feeding more where the pasture has played out for another herd on a different place. Very very tempting to start selling pairs off. I have some with young calves.slick4591":s52vjvq1 said:I'll be putting my first bale out tomorrow. It's dry, dry, dry and almost all brown.
stocky":3lg0fe4x said:I fed quite a bit of hay in July and early August. I started putting hay out in a few of the pastures again last week. There have been alot of rains in the area, but they have been hit and miss. We have missed them, but are getting enough dew to keep things slightly green, but not growing. I was lucky enough to be able to rent a few different farms and have moved alot of cattle onto those farms to keep from feeding hay. Hopefully, we will get rain before it is too late to get some pasture growth. I went to 3 cattle auctions this week and will go to a couple of different ones tomorrow. So far, it seems like the take home cow market is quite a bit softer, mostly due to dry weather. Top cows aren't down any, but good quality and lesser are down this week at each auction I was at.
bigbull338":1q3aoibq said:its getting dry here as well.the cows still have grass right now.but it sure would be nice to get some rain.slick you could put out protine tubbs to keep your cows in good shape along with hay.
We started then too, got an inch of rain the beginning of this mnth so the cows are back out on pasture and hay fields as long as they hold up. Without any more rain, probably another couple of weeks. Then it will be back to hay again.skyhightree1":21awl0vu said:I was feeding hay in june and july and august and september the bottom fell out.
slick4591":2wzsw21k said:I'll be putting my first bale out tomorrow. It's dry, dry, dry and almost all brown.
Rafter S":lj5vkpgm said:slick4591":lj5vkpgm said:I'll be putting my first bale out tomorrow. It's dry, dry, dry and almost all brown.
I'm sorry to hear that. I lost track, but we had at least 7 or 8 inches this month, and weren't really hurting before that. On the bright side, if you need it there's plenty of hay available in other parts of the state (not like 2011).