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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1382760" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>That does not work here. I am sure they will love it, like the horses do. However, the protein content tells me that a early lactating cow will LOSE WEIGHT eating this hay without supplementation. I do not want to lose body condition on my lactating cows, so I need to do more than just "give em a bale and see how they take to it", because I am sure they will eat it just fine! Poor nutrition does not negatively impact a herd until it is too late to make up the lost time. That is why we TEST everything that we feed, because I want to know that I am meeting the nutritional needs that my cattle need. A hay test is $17 here... well worth the data it gives me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1382760, member: 18809"] That does not work here. I am sure they will love it, like the horses do. However, the protein content tells me that a early lactating cow will LOSE WEIGHT eating this hay without supplementation. I do not want to lose body condition on my lactating cows, so I need to do more than just "give em a bale and see how they take to it", because I am sure they will eat it just fine! Poor nutrition does not negatively impact a herd until it is too late to make up the lost time. That is why we TEST everything that we feed, because I want to know that I am meeting the nutritional needs that my cattle need. A hay test is $17 here... well worth the data it gives me. [/QUOTE]
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