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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 1493751" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>I don't test all my hay and can judge it primarily by the age of cutting. My goal is to always cut feed quality hay within the 30 day window but this isn't always possible. I once starved cattle with horse quality hay and learned an expensive lesson.</p><p></p><p>I've been a big fan of T85 for years and was using it in spite of the claims of many hay growers that it was too stemmy and will kill horses and that it was bad for cattle. Once I changed to 100% T85 hay my calving rate jumped on a 45 day calving window from 72% to 102% and I found by increasing the total herd's average live weaning weight this had more affect on profits than did genetics. I still use T85 and still suffer the occasional snipe at it being poor unsuitable hay from those who feed other hay and prefer to supplement. One of my old mentors helped develop this grass and like he said, "its what splatters that matters" and using this tip I feed by watching the cow pies drawing from different cuttings depending on what I'll call - for want of a catchy scientific term - the splatterability index . :lol:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 1493751, member: 4362"] I don't test all my hay and can judge it primarily by the age of cutting. My goal is to always cut feed quality hay within the 30 day window but this isn't always possible. I once starved cattle with horse quality hay and learned an expensive lesson. I've been a big fan of T85 for years and was using it in spite of the claims of many hay growers that it was too stemmy and will kill horses and that it was bad for cattle. Once I changed to 100% T85 hay my calving rate jumped on a 45 day calving window from 72% to 102% and I found by increasing the total herd's average live weaning weight this had more affect on profits than did genetics. I still use T85 and still suffer the occasional snipe at it being poor unsuitable hay from those who feed other hay and prefer to supplement. One of my old mentors helped develop this grass and like he said, "its what splatters that matters" and using this tip I feed by watching the cow pies drawing from different cuttings depending on what I'll call - for want of a catchy scientific term - the splatterability index . :lol: [/QUOTE]
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