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<blockquote data-quote="Alberta farmer" data-source="post: 677770" data-attributes="member: 8978"><p>I agree pretty much with novatech. A dry beef cow can get by on lower quality hay(6% is maybe a bit low). I basically quit growing hay about ten years ago( I have about 15 acres that my sister owns) mainly because I could buy hay cheaper than growing it. I do have a decent baler(for baling straw), old haybine etc. but they are not big enough or new enough to bale 300-400 acres! I figure if you aren't running equipment over 500 acres or more it doesn't make sense to own it...or not for me anyway as I will not work with junk on that scale.</p><p>I don't have a problem buying hay with a high protein content, I just adjust it by feeding more straw so the protein content falls into that 7.5 to 9% range. Actually I would rather pay more for hay in that 13% range and adjust it by feeding quality straw than buy that cheap, rained on several times, over mature garbage! If I can haul one good hay bale and it basically turns into two through straw... it makes more sense to me in both time and money! Now that only works if you have your own straw at home.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alberta farmer, post: 677770, member: 8978"] I agree pretty much with novatech. A dry beef cow can get by on lower quality hay(6% is maybe a bit low). I basically quit growing hay about ten years ago( I have about 15 acres that my sister owns) mainly because I could buy hay cheaper than growing it. I do have a decent baler(for baling straw), old haybine etc. but they are not big enough or new enough to bale 300-400 acres! I figure if you aren't running equipment over 500 acres or more it doesn't make sense to own it...or not for me anyway as I will not work with junk on that scale. I don't have a problem buying hay with a high protein content, I just adjust it by feeding more straw so the protein content falls into that 7.5 to 9% range. Actually I would rather pay more for hay in that 13% range and adjust it by feeding quality straw than buy that cheap, rained on several times, over mature garbage! If I can haul one good hay bale and it basically turns into two through straw... it makes more sense to me in both time and money! Now that only works if you have your own straw at home. [/QUOTE]
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