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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 1656138" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>Two to four small dairies used to "chop together" back in the day. Alfalfa and corn into upright silos all summer long, except for a few dry bales in late summer.</p><p></p><p>Now there may be one dairy of the group left. They do their own baling but have no chopping equipment. A custom operator puts their silage into a pile in a day or two so they can TMR steins 365. The dairy TMR break point used to be a bit over 100 cows. Sure it is higher now. So they have some expensive hay equipment and a TMR, but no chopping equipment and no silos.</p><p></p><p>I think in the fescue country, it is much cheaper to have your beef cows trample the "hay" rather than owning equipment to bale it. Some call it "tipping" before they start to stockpile.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 1656138, member: 1715"] Two to four small dairies used to "chop together" back in the day. Alfalfa and corn into upright silos all summer long, except for a few dry bales in late summer. Now there may be one dairy of the group left. They do their own baling but have no chopping equipment. A custom operator puts their silage into a pile in a day or two so they can TMR steins 365. The dairy TMR break point used to be a bit over 100 cows. Sure it is higher now. So they have some expensive hay equipment and a TMR, but no chopping equipment and no silos. I think in the fescue country, it is much cheaper to have your beef cows trample the "hay" rather than owning equipment to bale it. Some call it "tipping" before they start to stockpile. [/QUOTE]
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