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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 613362" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>Larry</p></blockquote><p>Larry I think you're talking about a vertical mixer, designed to actually cut baled hay as well as anythign else that you put in the mixer. Man in NE Texas fell into one and you can imagine the results. Great pieces of equipment for a dairy operation or feedlot perhaps but even a good used one would probably be too much mixer for the typical beef cow operation.[/quote]</p><p></p><p>A couple years ago the midwest dairy extension guys really started pushing TMRs to control ration content and increase production. Corn silage and alfalfa hay are the common inputs. I was told you could get a decent mixer for U$S 6,000 to 8,000 but I had just invest $ 700 in a covered gravity box and some 5 gallon pails...</p><p></p><p>Since then all the bigger backgrounders have gotten a mixer. Corn byproducts and grass hay are the common inputs.</p><p></p><p>I only know one guy who bought a TMR and then re sold it. He switched to making a lot of balage rather than growing organic corn silage.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 613362, member: 1715"] Larry[/quote] Larry I think you're talking about a vertical mixer, designed to actually cut baled hay as well as anythign else that you put in the mixer. Man in NE Texas fell into one and you can imagine the results. Great pieces of equipment for a dairy operation or feedlot perhaps but even a good used one would probably be too much mixer for the typical beef cow operation.[/quote] A couple years ago the midwest dairy extension guys really started pushing TMRs to control ration content and increase production. Corn silage and alfalfa hay are the common inputs. I was told you could get a decent mixer for U$S 6,000 to 8,000 but I had just invest $ 700 in a covered gravity box and some 5 gallon pails... Since then all the bigger backgrounders have gotten a mixer. Corn byproducts and grass hay are the common inputs. I only know one guy who bought a TMR and then re sold it. He switched to making a lot of balage rather than growing organic corn silage. [/QUOTE]
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