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<blockquote data-quote="Brute 23" data-source="post: 1684630" data-attributes="member: 6291"><p>With out knowing your general area it will be hard for any one to make applicable, suggestions.</p><p></p><p>We are on the southern gulf coast of Texas so our winters can be pretty mild. I am currently still fine tuning our winter strategy. </p><p></p><p>In general though I'm trying to stockpile as much grass as possible going in to winter. I've finally gotten on a good, bulk liquid feed to get away from tubs. That was a big savings.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, we have started using whole cottonseed to cut back one the cubes, salt meals, or basically any thing out of a sack. Jury is out on this is actually saving money or just giving us more bang for the buck. </p><p></p><p>We are hoping stockpiling grass will help do away with a large majority of the hay. That is one of the largest cost in our operation. It appears cheap on the surface but the equipment costs and risk to produce, move, store hay is becoming uneconomical. We will not get 100% away from hay but we are focusing on keeping less on hand, but higher quality. </p><p></p><p>We have stated fertilizing pasture to help with the quality and quantity of the grass. This seems to be a worthwhile investment to not have to purchase feed or put out hay. </p><p></p><p>The plan is still evolving and in a test phase for us so take it for what it's worth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brute 23, post: 1684630, member: 6291"] With out knowing your general area it will be hard for any one to make applicable, suggestions. We are on the southern gulf coast of Texas so our winters can be pretty mild. I am currently still fine tuning our winter strategy. In general though I'm trying to stockpile as much grass as possible going in to winter. I've finally gotten on a good, bulk liquid feed to get away from tubs. That was a big savings. Secondly, we have started using whole cottonseed to cut back one the cubes, salt meals, or basically any thing out of a sack. Jury is out on this is actually saving money or just giving us more bang for the buck. We are hoping stockpiling grass will help do away with a large majority of the hay. That is one of the largest cost in our operation. It appears cheap on the surface but the equipment costs and risk to produce, move, store hay is becoming uneconomical. We will not get 100% away from hay but we are focusing on keeping less on hand, but higher quality. We have stated fertilizing pasture to help with the quality and quantity of the grass. This seems to be a worthwhile investment to not have to purchase feed or put out hay. The plan is still evolving and in a test phase for us so take it for what it's worth. [/QUOTE]
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