molasses on corn stalks

gary in neb. · Oct 19, 2012

anyone ever put molasses on corn stalk bales so cows would eat them better? guy told me that last weekend and thought it was worth a try. trying to get my hay to stretch farther.
Gary

Charlie M · Oct 19, 2012

My Dad used to do that for hay that was too course. Cows would only pick out the fine stuff and leave the rest. Sprinkled some molassas over it and nothing was left the next day.

Tx Jim · Oct 20, 2012

Down here in Texas last year during the drought I heard of farmers injecting molasses into Wheat bales for more palatability(sp).

JMS./MN · Oct 21, 2012

Yes, of course it works! Remember, you're brighter than the animal. You can sucker them into ingesting stuff that's good for them. We fed crappy hay to young stock over 40 years ago by adding molasses. They didn't know it, but they got more carbohydrates in their guts, along with a lot of good tasting energy. Now, commercial products like Crystallix (basically molasses/vitamins/minerals product)cover a lot of sins of nutrition imbalance.

Bret4207 · Oct 21, 2012

Yup, it works. I had a silo full of corn silage that I cut too long and it het up and carmelized. Cruddy looking stuff and didn't smell too good either. I'd fork it out and sprinke molasses and salt water over it and the cows would gobble it up. They gained weight nicely over the winter and I learned to check my knife settings!

scotc · Nov 17, 2012

You can have a try at it. We tried it with some grass bales this summer, and still have a nearly full tote of molasses sitting in the shop. Turns out the cows were hungrier than they thought they were after the first week of rotating corn and grass bales.

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