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<blockquote data-quote="dyates" data-source="post: 677178" data-attributes="member: 7137"><p>Exactly right, except the numbers are different here. I can still get decent 5x5's and 4x5's (800-1100lbs) running in the 7-9% cp range for $20-$30 a roll. I put on very little fertilizer and still ended up with approximately $27 per roll in my own hay (1100 lbs at 8-9% cp). That doesn't count equipment costs. I probably would be better off to just buy all my hay and run more cows.</p><p>Btw, I don't buy into the idea that it takes a certain quality of hay to winter a cow. It will take more of a lower quality hay, but I make it just fine without protein supplements on hay that the universities claim a cow would starve to death on, no supplements. They waste a little more, but I figure cows have plenty of time to pick through a roll of hay and get the good stuff out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dyates, post: 677178, member: 7137"] Exactly right, except the numbers are different here. I can still get decent 5x5's and 4x5's (800-1100lbs) running in the 7-9% cp range for $20-$30 a roll. I put on very little fertilizer and still ended up with approximately $27 per roll in my own hay (1100 lbs at 8-9% cp). That doesn't count equipment costs. I probably would be better off to just buy all my hay and run more cows. Btw, I don't buy into the idea that it takes a certain quality of hay to winter a cow. It will take more of a lower quality hay, but I make it just fine without protein supplements on hay that the universities claim a cow would starve to death on, no supplements. They waste a little more, but I figure cows have plenty of time to pick through a roll of hay and get the good stuff out. [/QUOTE]
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