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<blockquote data-quote="dph" data-source="post: 169461" data-attributes="member: 2112"><p>I wish I could help you about mixing silage with ground hay. Our neighbors on each side of us feed ground hay almost exclusively. I think they are both good cattle people. But I guess we balk at spending the $14/ton it is running here to grind it.</p><p></p><p>I have heard people say the cows will waste a third of the bale, but I just don't believe we suffer from that. I don't see a third of they hay on the ground when we come up with the next bales for the rings. If we get in a muddy situation in spring or late fall, then maybe. But even if they wasted a third, an 1800 pound bale will run you $35-40 here. so let's say it was figuring out to $44/ton, one third would be $14.67. I don't see how they are gaining anything.</p><p></p><p>That being said, they both have 3 times as many cows as we do, and need 3 times as much hay. They can't be as choosy as we can about when we mow and bale. If it allows them to mix the poorer hay in with the better, they could very well figure it is worthwhile. A lot of guys will mix cornstalk bales in there to "stretch" their hay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dph, post: 169461, member: 2112"] I wish I could help you about mixing silage with ground hay. Our neighbors on each side of us feed ground hay almost exclusively. I think they are both good cattle people. But I guess we balk at spending the $14/ton it is running here to grind it. I have heard people say the cows will waste a third of the bale, but I just don't believe we suffer from that. I don't see a third of they hay on the ground when we come up with the next bales for the rings. If we get in a muddy situation in spring or late fall, then maybe. But even if they wasted a third, an 1800 pound bale will run you $35-40 here. so let's say it was figuring out to $44/ton, one third would be $14.67. I don't see how they are gaining anything. That being said, they both have 3 times as many cows as we do, and need 3 times as much hay. They can't be as choosy as we can about when we mow and bale. If it allows them to mix the poorer hay in with the better, they could very well figure it is worthwhile. A lot of guys will mix cornstalk bales in there to "stretch" their hay. [/QUOTE]
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