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<blockquote data-quote="CWT Angus" data-source="post: 482634" data-attributes="member: 1509"><p>Alfalfa ran us $150/ton this year & nice,clean local grass hay $95/ton delivered. Our alfalfa is on the higher end of the protein scale & I too have been guilty of feeding too much of it prior to calving, it's easy to do. </p><p></p><p>We feed grass hay to the bred cows & heifers & top dress with a small amount of alfalfa into the 3rd trimester. This is usually about the time of year the freezes start too so that works out well. The comming yearlings eat only grass hay.</p><p></p><p>What are the BCS of the heifers now? If they are easy keepers you may not need to feed much alfalfa at all. Just a small amount to suppliment. Remember their growing bodies have a lot to do in the last trimester, and even more after they calve. When are they due?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CWT Angus, post: 482634, member: 1509"] Alfalfa ran us $150/ton this year & nice,clean local grass hay $95/ton delivered. Our alfalfa is on the higher end of the protein scale & I too have been guilty of feeding too much of it prior to calving, it's easy to do. We feed grass hay to the bred cows & heifers & top dress with a small amount of alfalfa into the 3rd trimester. This is usually about the time of year the freezes start too so that works out well. The comming yearlings eat only grass hay. What are the BCS of the heifers now? If they are easy keepers you may not need to feed much alfalfa at all. Just a small amount to suppliment. Remember their growing bodies have a lot to do in the last trimester, and even more after they calve. When are they due? [/QUOTE]
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