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Making hay vs buying it.
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<blockquote data-quote="cypressfarms" data-source="post: 180149" data-attributes="member: 2653"><p>60 acres seems like a lot to have in hay. We have a parcel of land over here, about 15 acres, of alicia and it would be too expensive to fence in and get water in., so it's used as a hay field. One of the local guys who bales and sells to people, will come and bale it for free, and give us half. This works well for both. We have to pay for the fertilizer, but when you calculate it, it's pretty cheap hay. In usual years that 15 acre plot will give us enough hay to winter 60 head (we normally put up 3 bales per cow). That's with our half, but this year with the lack of rains, I ran a little short because my dad hogged most of it (he tells it a little different ;-) ).</p><p></p><p>On last note about protein content. LSU did a study here in LA and found that our grass here reaches it's highest protein content at 28 days of growing; so you really need to cut hay about every 28 days to maintain high protein content. This holds true for all bermuda. Not sure about other states and their grasses, but letting the grasss grow longer decreases the protein content dramatically.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cypressfarms, post: 180149, member: 2653"] 60 acres seems like a lot to have in hay. We have a parcel of land over here, about 15 acres, of alicia and it would be too expensive to fence in and get water in., so it's used as a hay field. One of the local guys who bales and sells to people, will come and bale it for free, and give us half. This works well for both. We have to pay for the fertilizer, but when you calculate it, it's pretty cheap hay. In usual years that 15 acre plot will give us enough hay to winter 60 head (we normally put up 3 bales per cow). That's with our half, but this year with the lack of rains, I ran a little short because my dad hogged most of it (he tells it a little different ;-) ). On last note about protein content. LSU did a study here in LA and found that our grass here reaches it's highest protein content at 28 days of growing; so you really need to cut hay about every 28 days to maintain high protein content. This holds true for all bermuda. Not sure about other states and their grasses, but letting the grasss grow longer decreases the protein content dramatically. [/QUOTE]
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