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Posted by JMS/MN on December 12, 2006 at 22:38:02 from (204.73.106.15):
In Reply to: Re: barley for beef posted by pafreehling on December 12, 2006 at 20:31:18:
Oats has always been a good feed for dairy calves. Dairy beef and beef calves are another class of feeders. Dairy heifers are meant to be raised to calve at 22-26 months- whole different feeding program. Dairy steers have two options- finish at 1200 or maybe 1600. Early finish requires corn/pellets from starting to finish, heavies will have roughage in the program, and they will not finish until heavier weights. Their frame grows bigger on the roughage program, so they finish heavier. I started raising barley as a nurse crop for alfalfa- found that with the slimmer density of barley- it let the sun shine into the alfalfa so I got a better stand of hay while still providing the dairy with straw and grain for the animals. Straw was less absorbent but by chopping it in the field and blowing it into the haymow- still ended up with good straw. Regarding storage- only reason I went with the Harvestores in the 70s was bad back and lack of options. Now- I'd store in Agbags and feed/mix with skidloader and TMR. Silos are permanent- skidloaders and mixers are easy to sell if you get out of the business. For the size you are talking about- try the bags- here we rent the machine and buy one bag for about $750 for typical size. Summer spoilage?- get a narrow one.
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