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<blockquote data-quote="Running Arrow Bill" data-source="post: 765573" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>Cattle need 2% to 3% of their weight in hay/forage/grass per day, depending on weather, quality of this roughage matter, and condition of grass. Protein should be about 9 to 10% from all sources. Unless you are "fattening" your cattle as grain fed "feedlot type" cattle, I'd skip the grain and concentrate on hay which is better for their rumen/digestion. </p><p></p><p><u>Formula</u>: Total weight of all cattle X 2.5% x # days hay to be fed / by weight of bale = # bales needed. (Or something like that). <u>Example:</u> 5000# of cattle X 2.5% = 125# day hay X 30 days = 3,750# month / 800# 4x5 round bale = 4.69 round bales a month.</p><p></p><p>Also, they need 10 to 20 gallons of water per day per 1,000 animal unit, depending on temperature, heat index, wind, etc.</p><p></p><p>In Northern Illinois, I'd suspect that your "green grass" growing season is probably not more than 6 months (I lived in the Springfield area for about 6 years) and seemed like we had about equal parts of winter and summer, so to speak.</p><p></p><p>IMO, skip the bagged feed (expensive and labor intensive) and concentrate on quality hay, forage, good clean water, minerals. Cattle thrived for thousands of years without ever eating anything except of grass, leaves, weeds...</p><p></p><p> :cowboy:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Running Arrow Bill, post: 765573, member: 9"] Cattle need 2% to 3% of their weight in hay/forage/grass per day, depending on weather, quality of this roughage matter, and condition of grass. Protein should be about 9 to 10% from all sources. Unless you are "fattening" your cattle as grain fed "feedlot type" cattle, I'd skip the grain and concentrate on hay which is better for their rumen/digestion. [u]Formula[/u]: Total weight of all cattle X 2.5% x # days hay to be fed / by weight of bale = # bales needed. (Or something like that). [u]Example:[/u] 5000# of cattle X 2.5% = 125# day hay X 30 days = 3,750# month / 800# 4x5 round bale = 4.69 round bales a month. Also, they need 10 to 20 gallons of water per day per 1,000 animal unit, depending on temperature, heat index, wind, etc. In Northern Illinois, I'd suspect that your "green grass" growing season is probably not more than 6 months (I lived in the Springfield area for about 6 years) and seemed like we had about equal parts of winter and summer, so to speak. IMO, skip the bagged feed (expensive and labor intensive) and concentrate on quality hay, forage, good clean water, minerals. Cattle thrived for thousands of years without ever eating anything except of grass, leaves, weeds... :cowboy: [/QUOTE]
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