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<blockquote data-quote="ChrisB" data-source="post: 1141895" data-attributes="member: 122"><p>In regards to your original question - I've been raising corn to feed my calves out and it has worked out very well. The only problem is that I really don't enjoy raising corn that much so I've been wondering if I would be better off running more cows and buying corn. One thing that may give you an advantage is putting up a grain bin with an aeration floor in it right next to your feed bunks. In the fall you can buy wet corn right out of the field and air dry it. You could mix in your supplement as you fill 5 gallon pails from the bin. Put them on full feed and your chores would take about 5 minutes per day. I been feeding 40-50 head out the last few years and I can feed them in 15-20 minutes. These are colored calves so I also give them a bale of junk hay or corn stalks too; but Holsteins wouldn't need anything else.</p><p></p><p>Whether you make a profit by buying all your feed will vary year to year as I'm sure you know. But if your lucky the guy farming across the road either hauls his crop 20 miles to the local grain elevator or back to his farm to store and dry. He would probably sell to you for the same price as he's getting at the elevator and it will be more convenient to him if you are set up for unloading.</p><p></p><p>I started thinking about it last fall when I was at the local mill and a farmer came in to see what they were paying for corn. He had to pay 40 cents for how wet it was and the base price was 30 cents behind Minneapolis. I talked to a local big time operator who has no on farm storage and he said he would be glad to give me the same price as he was getting as it would save him 30 miles of driving.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChrisB, post: 1141895, member: 122"] In regards to your original question - I've been raising corn to feed my calves out and it has worked out very well. The only problem is that I really don't enjoy raising corn that much so I've been wondering if I would be better off running more cows and buying corn. One thing that may give you an advantage is putting up a grain bin with an aeration floor in it right next to your feed bunks. In the fall you can buy wet corn right out of the field and air dry it. You could mix in your supplement as you fill 5 gallon pails from the bin. Put them on full feed and your chores would take about 5 minutes per day. I been feeding 40-50 head out the last few years and I can feed them in 15-20 minutes. These are colored calves so I also give them a bale of junk hay or corn stalks too; but Holsteins wouldn't need anything else. Whether you make a profit by buying all your feed will vary year to year as I'm sure you know. But if your lucky the guy farming across the road either hauls his crop 20 miles to the local grain elevator or back to his farm to store and dry. He would probably sell to you for the same price as he's getting at the elevator and it will be more convenient to him if you are set up for unloading. I started thinking about it last fall when I was at the local mill and a farmer came in to see what they were paying for corn. He had to pay 40 cents for how wet it was and the base price was 30 cents behind Minneapolis. I talked to a local big time operator who has no on farm storage and he said he would be glad to give me the same price as he was getting as it would save him 30 miles of driving. [/QUOTE]
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