Posted by JD Seller on January 12, 2014 at 07:35:44 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: Hay grinding posted by NEKS on January 12, 2014 at 05:13:04:
Here are some general things on hay grinding:
1) You need to think about how your going to feed the hay. A full loader bucket will only be maybe 600-800 LBS of ground hay. It is fluffy.
2) Ground hay that gets rained on in a pile will usually shed the water off fairly good but do not grind too much. I alway like to feed it up in a month or so. IF you can store it inside then you can grind more.
3) The hay needs to be fairly dry to grind. Wet hay of any type will not grind. A little wet on the bottoms will not hurt anything but a bale that is tough/higher moisture on the inside may not grind. So do not think you can grind fresh baled hay unless it is BONE dry when you bale it.
4) You can have the grinder guy mix the quality of hay and stalks as he grinds it. Others have talked about feeding corn stalks with hay. That is a good way to feed brood cows. They do not need high protein Alfalfa hay so you can cut the protein down with lower quality hay or corn stalks.
5) It works the other way too. I have feed hay that the cattle would not even sleep on, after it was ground. I blend some corn silage in with it.
6) If your going to be feed ground hay you will need some way to feed it. Meaning feeders that have bottoms to keep it up out of the ground moisture. Also a TMR wagon is the best way to feed it as you can add different things in easier. It is real common to use a liquid molasses based supplement with ground hay to cow. You can feed straw treated with this liquid molasses and they will eat every little bit.
7) Check on the actual grind cost in your area. We pay by the hour($350) with a minimum charge of $250 just to show up. This is a fully contained unit. He can load the grinder with a grapple. There is another guy and he charges less but you have to have a tractor loader to load the grinder he does not have the boom/grapple to load with. So if you do not have a larger skid steer or tractor loader the second guy would not work for you. I like just being able to line up the hay bales and not having to wait around for the guy so I pay the extra and have the guy with the boom/grapple grind ours.
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