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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1476534" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>I shot low at the 16%. I have to admit that I didn't test the alfalfa last year. I have seen lots of alfalfa that exceeded 20%. The dairies and export market gets most of that and last year they were paying about $180. My educated guess is that it wouldn't have tested that high. It had been baled too dry so lots of leaf was falling off. I fed in a bunk so the cows got all the leaf but it wasn't top dollar high because of that. Last year I fed about 7 pounds of alfalfa and day and all the bent grass straw they wanted. The bent grass straw is fairly palatable and digestible but only about 6% protein. The cows did good on this.</p><p>Actually I could have got some 4 by 4 big square bales of roundup ready alfalfa that tested real well for the same money. They couldn't export it because of the round up and I don't know why the dairies didn't want it. But those bales are just too heavy (1,900 lbs) for my little tractor to handle everyday.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1476534, member: 498"] I shot low at the 16%. I have to admit that I didn't test the alfalfa last year. I have seen lots of alfalfa that exceeded 20%. The dairies and export market gets most of that and last year they were paying about $180. My educated guess is that it wouldn't have tested that high. It had been baled too dry so lots of leaf was falling off. I fed in a bunk so the cows got all the leaf but it wasn't top dollar high because of that. Last year I fed about 7 pounds of alfalfa and day and all the bent grass straw they wanted. The bent grass straw is fairly palatable and digestible but only about 6% protein. The cows did good on this. Actually I could have got some 4 by 4 big square bales of roundup ready alfalfa that tested real well for the same money. They couldn't export it because of the round up and I don't know why the dairies didn't want it. But those bales are just too heavy (1,900 lbs) for my little tractor to handle everyday. [/QUOTE]
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