There are probably others, but the only one I know of is to use roughage from none hay sources or poorer quality hay and feeding a supplement. You need the roughage to keep the guts working but the protein can come fomr other sources. Corn gluten, urea, etc. The trick is to increase the nutritional intake without messing up the rumenal microbes that allows the digestion of roughage. It seems like either Drovers or Beefmag had an article not too long ago about the subject.
dun
> Having a hard time finding hay to
> buy. Any suggestions on ways to
> stretch hay supplies without
> costing an arm and leg? Please
> respond, I may have to start
> selling cows that I would rather
> not. Thanks!
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