Video on Forage

[ScottP]

Here's a video on Forage, the first part is about the science of when to cut forage and how it affects Ruminant animals. Ten there's a good section on storage and use.

http://www.24-7agtv.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_seyret&task=videodirectlink&Itemid=1&id=67

 

[wstevenl]

Not exactly focused on the small time pasture based farm. I wonder how much beef or milk the small farmer would have to sell to pay for that loader, much less the silage storage areas!

 

[ScottP]

You're right but you can always throw a tarp and some tires over your pile and acheive the same thing, i've lots of small time dairies do that

 

[john250]

I watched that thing. They need a better editor. Lots of good info, presented disjointedly.
What he says about hay is gospel. My first cutting, taken 3 weeks too late, has 75% relative feed value. That sucks. I have a big pile of it, and it's better than snowballs. Later cuttings haven't been tested yet. I do have some alfalfa I expect will go 115% I need a grinder.