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<blockquote data-quote="fargus" data-source="post: 720794" data-attributes="member: 13480"><p>Not necessarily up here in the northern tier. I can buy cow hay cheaper than I can grow it and bale it myself at least 4 years out of 5. So if you factor in the cost savings on the stored feed you are buying in, and then credit yourself for the fertilizer value of the feed, less what the cows keep, it isn't as expensive as it sounds. The ultimate goal at our place is to cut only enough hay to make our pasture rotation work, and have standing forage the cows can graze into November. Ground conditions will dictate when they come off grass. We would buy the balance of the hay in. I am also open to feeding straw, wheat shorts, corn screenings, etc as a way to lower costs in years when hay is scarce.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fargus, post: 720794, member: 13480"] Not necessarily up here in the northern tier. I can buy cow hay cheaper than I can grow it and bale it myself at least 4 years out of 5. So if you factor in the cost savings on the stored feed you are buying in, and then credit yourself for the fertilizer value of the feed, less what the cows keep, it isn't as expensive as it sounds. The ultimate goal at our place is to cut only enough hay to make our pasture rotation work, and have standing forage the cows can graze into November. Ground conditions will dictate when they come off grass. We would buy the balance of the hay in. I am also open to feeding straw, wheat shorts, corn screenings, etc as a way to lower costs in years when hay is scarce. [/QUOTE]
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