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mikegahr

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I have a man wanting me to bale some milo that is in the boot stage, all he want is enough to fill up his barn and i can bale all i want for my self. He is going to run it through a tub grinder and feed and also do mine as well, it is about 75 ac. in all. What do you think about this for feeding I also have acess to cull sweetpotatoes that i my feed also, what is yal opinion
 
Milo like you are talking about is excellent roughage feed has about the same TDN as bermuda hay but lower in protein. Will probably need to supplement protein. No real need to grind it unless you are running it thru a mixer. Last winter fed round bales of milo free choice in rings to stocker calves. Supplemented with corn gluten/soy hull mix. Calves did very well. Sound like drought stricken milo so you might want to get it tested for nitrates. Prussic acid could also be an issue but it dissipates from the hay in a week or 2. Should not be a problem if you let the hay set for a couple of weeks before feeding. Nitrates DO NOT dissipate over time. The hay I fed last winter was combined for grain but was droughty. No problem with nitrates.

The sweet potatoes should make a good high energy feed but they also need protein supplement and roughage. Have never fed sweet potatoes but have fed lots of irish potatoes. High in energy and 80% water. You don't want to be very close behind a cow that has eaten a lot of them if she coughs. Would be good to mix with the milo hay. A lot of the potatoes I fed were mixed with corn silage. The calves would root thru the mix to get the potatoes first. Saw 2 calves spot the same potato at the same time. It was almost a fight to the death for that 1 potato.

Just my 2 cents worth. Hope this is helpful
 
Mike grinding can cut down on waste quite a bit. Get a good forage test run on it....I've seen it test as high as 12% protein and cattle love the stuff. Bales are usually very heavy too so you'll have more feed there than you realize. Do you have a barn to store it in? It works much better if you can keep it dry.
 
No i don't have a barn but i was going to put it under a tarp, I fed some a few yrs. back but it was harvested first and i came back and just cut the stalks and baled them, i have also went to a JD net wrap baler now. I have some hybred bermuda grass and i put a bale of it out and a bale of milo, the cows went to the bermuda grass and just tasted it then went straight to the milo and didn't leave till it was gone.
 
mikegahr":381crund said:
No i don't have a barn but i was going to put it under a tarp, I fed some a few yrs. back but it was harvested first and i came back and just cut the stalks and baled them, i have also went to a JD net wrap baler now. I have some hybred bermuda grass and i put a bale of it out and a bale of milo, the cows went to the bermuda grass and just tasted it then went straight to the milo and didn't leave till it was gone.
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They'll do it everytime. It has a lot of sugars in it and cattle love it.... As for storage covering tarping will work but try to get it off the ground if you can using pallets or something.
 

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