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<blockquote data-quote="TexasRancher" data-source="post: 1768239" data-attributes="member: 8359"><p>[USER=38746]@mml373[/USER] Good to keep moving and enjoying life. I like your farming plans. Although I don't think I'd go too heavy into haying equipment on 3 acres unless you can secure additional acreage (lease) for haying. Being a new cattle producer myself...besides all the good exercise and enjoyment of the cattle...it's to give-back and provided meat for humanity. What I do for hay, especially during a drought... is to figure out creative cost effective ways to feed my cattle and carry them through the winter. I'm clamping down on hay producers....then after some proven successes....I'll start writing some farming articles on these cost effective ways to substantially eliminate hay.</p><p>Being an engineer, newbie to cattle...with fresh eyes...most everything related to cattle has been documented well and works well...with the exception of cattle feed....the weakest area that needs broad-spectrum improvement are (all) methods of feed and their specific requirements. As droughts become more regular...cost effective feeding practices need to be adjusted in those areas. We're like 50 years behind in cattle feed, we don't even have a singular focused containers of feed with all forage-grain-mineral requirements for all stages of cattle (for drought conditions). Everyone is mixing things themselves their favorite way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasRancher, post: 1768239, member: 8359"] [USER=38746]@mml373[/USER] Good to keep moving and enjoying life. I like your farming plans. Although I don't think I'd go too heavy into haying equipment on 3 acres unless you can secure additional acreage (lease) for haying. Being a new cattle producer myself...besides all the good exercise and enjoyment of the cattle...it's to give-back and provided meat for humanity. What I do for hay, especially during a drought... is to figure out creative cost effective ways to feed my cattle and carry them through the winter. I'm clamping down on hay producers....then after some proven successes....I'll start writing some farming articles on these cost effective ways to substantially eliminate hay. Being an engineer, newbie to cattle...with fresh eyes...most everything related to cattle has been documented well and works well...with the exception of cattle feed....the weakest area that needs broad-spectrum improvement are (all) methods of feed and their specific requirements. As droughts become more regular...cost effective feeding practices need to be adjusted in those areas. We're like 50 years behind in cattle feed, we don't even have a singular focused containers of feed with all forage-grain-mineral requirements for all stages of cattle (for drought conditions). Everyone is mixing things themselves their favorite way. [/QUOTE]
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