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| I graze my beef cows 9 months or so out of the year. Pasture and then crop residue/cover crops and then buy hay for the rest of the winter.
I am close to a dairy that is willing to sell and run some feed into bunks for me this winter, and it seems like it could be cheaper than buying and feeding hay.
Anyone have thoughts/experience on a corn silage and haylage type diet vs dry hay for a spring calving herd? Being fed primarily during 3rd trimester and post calving before going back to pasture. Potential for big calves and big teats are my biggest concerns.
Any example rations would be helpful too. Ive got access to all pretty standard dairy feedstuffs. | |
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Wintering Beef Cows/Heifers - Silage vs Hay
