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<blockquote data-quote="hillsdown" data-source="post: 843370" data-attributes="member: 5106"><p>My cattle eat straw in the winter, just to be eating it, specially if there is still grain in it . ;-) </p><p></p><p>There have been studies done about feeding dry cows straw and grain and no hay .They did just as well as the hay fed group ; however the straw was treated with ammonia to make it more palatable like Alison has stated. I think the one big draw back would be the amount of indigestible fibre ,however during the drought when hay was scarce here quite a few guys fed their cattle just straw and grain until they calved and then the hay came out.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/beef/facts/straw.htm" target="_blank">http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/liv ... /straw.htm</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hillsdown, post: 843370, member: 5106"] My cattle eat straw in the winter, just to be eating it, specially if there is still grain in it . ;-) There have been studies done about feeding dry cows straw and grain and no hay .They did just as well as the hay fed group ; however the straw was treated with ammonia to make it more palatable like Alison has stated. I think the one big draw back would be the amount of indigestible fibre ,however during the drought when hay was scarce here quite a few guys fed their cattle just straw and grain until they calved and then the hay came out. [url=http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/beef/facts/straw.htm]http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/liv ... /straw.htm[/url] [/QUOTE]
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