Stocker Steve":11jy1vs3 said:
We now have highs in the low 30s and snow on the ground... More snow tomorrow. We are a month away from pasture so I plan to buy some outside stored round bales (with 30% waste) from a neighbor. The local feed mill will come out and pour "quality liquid feed" (molasses and urea) onto each bale. Do you have any experience or suggestions with this treatment?
Steve - suspect you are still in cold weather.
I have increased palatability and certainly quality by doing something similar.
It really kept the costs down when we were forced into trucking hay - or buying additional supplements - when in fact we could use the hay and straw we had right in the yard - and keeping the costs down is about the only way to make a profit these days.
Only thing is the outfit we used actually injected the stuff into the bale.
Essentially it looked like a bale hugger with needles about 2 inches in diametre. Squeeze the bale and inject the molasses and urea.
We did the same with straw bales except - if memory serves me - we injected anhydrous.
Cattle loved all of those bales and the analysis went way up.
As for pour on - I cannot give you a square answer - but it will make the bales more attractive to the cattle.
If it works, and I were you I might also buy my own applicator and do the job myself.
And the extra value will help keep them going during your upcoming schitzen mud and rain weather.
Regards,
Bez>
