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<blockquote data-quote="TheLazyM" data-source="post: 857771" data-attributes="member: 3117"><p>Mark I know whatcha mean about good hay is hard to find. That's when you buy the best you can get. That still puts your supplement in position to work for you. I watch guys every year go out and buy the cheapest hay and feed roughage tubs, feed, and grain and still lose weight. Its so heart breaking. They end up selling animals in jan and feb and get beat over the head.</p><p> Something that helps me out is I help some farmers w/ their grain harvest. I cleanup spilled grain up and feed it to my cattle. Go to a feed row crop farmers and ask em if they mind if you cleanup their spilled grain/cotton trash. It adds up fast. Go to your cotton gin and see if they'll give you gin trash. Except for soybeans your grains has less protein then your good hay so it makes for a good supplement. A lot of people don't know that there is actually 2 proteins that figured in the total protein. 1 protein is used by the rumen microorbs and the other is used by the body. Grains like corn is good for energy. There is some real cheap alternatives when supplementing you just have to explore what your area has to offer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLazyM, post: 857771, member: 3117"] Mark I know whatcha mean about good hay is hard to find. That's when you buy the best you can get. That still puts your supplement in position to work for you. I watch guys every year go out and buy the cheapest hay and feed roughage tubs, feed, and grain and still lose weight. Its so heart breaking. They end up selling animals in jan and feb and get beat over the head. Something that helps me out is I help some farmers w/ their grain harvest. I cleanup spilled grain up and feed it to my cattle. Go to a feed row crop farmers and ask em if they mind if you cleanup their spilled grain/cotton trash. It adds up fast. Go to your cotton gin and see if they'll give you gin trash. Except for soybeans your grains has less protein then your good hay so it makes for a good supplement. A lot of people don't know that there is actually 2 proteins that figured in the total protein. 1 protein is used by the rumen microorbs and the other is used by the body. Grains like corn is good for energy. There is some real cheap alternatives when supplementing you just have to explore what your area has to offer. [/QUOTE]
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