CattleMan1920
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TexasBred said:************* said:Go to Boyd's sale this year or watch the sale report, seriously doubt it will be locals bidding.
In my county at least, it's an afterthought, the only thing that matters is the number of animals walking in the field and if they can get enough weight on to bring in a few shekels. They could care less about the cattle, or quality, otherwise they would not be feeding out moldy hay to them and expecting a miracle.
Today I spoke with a commercial producer in my county for some advice on a few things, so I do listen to commercial guys as well, but the ones that are pros. Take his hay for example, he wraps everything and usually has double what he needs in case of a winter like the one we had this year or a drought. He is the type of guy that is overprepared, of course he's been doing it for 30 years. Those type of producers are NOT the ones I speak poorly of on here. Those are the ones I admire. Again, if you are doing things well, there is no reason to get huffy with me.
Oh sh...t, I'm wound up again, must put phone down.
Ok so he wraps his hay. What else does he do with it to make it superior. Fertilize according to soil sample and fertilize on time. Cut on time, bale on time, store inside. If not it's just wrapped junk. If you purchased it would he allow you to test it yourself before committing to buy?? Just curious.
I don't buy hay from him, he feeds it all through from what I know, but considering that he has successfully managed a herd of around 1000 commercial for a little over 30 years, I think he figured out the right way to feed. I'm pretty sure he tests the hay because I was asking him about whether he would recommend a Vermeer or Anderson wrapper, since I'm in the market for one, and he was talking to me about testing during that conversation. He also advised the place where I buy feed on the ingredients of a mix that I use. See I do listen to commercial guys after all.
I think it's orchard grass or timothy and alfalfa. He definitely does soil tests and fertilizes, or I think the local co-op does it all for him.
I never said he has "superior hay" I said his hay was all wrapped and he wasn't feeding out weeds or moldy hay. It' probably not as good as what I use, but I'm sure it's plenty good enough to get the job done.
I really don't care what anyone feeds, it doesn't affect me directly, but I will say this, some of the hay that I see going back and forth down the roads around here, looks like it should be used for compost, not feed.