Posted by Jerry/MT on December 15, 2010 at 17:07:10 from (206.183.116.129):
In Reply to: alfalfa for beef cows?? posted by Dave from MN on December 15, 2010 at 15:57:56:
There are cheaper feeds than alfalfa to feed calves but there is nothing wrong or harmfull about feeding good alfalfa hay to any class of beef animal. They all do good on it. I prefer grass alfalfa mixed hay for my cows and first calf heifers in their last trimester of gestation because of the added energy and minerals that it has. We start feeding grass hay in the late fall and then move to grass alfalfa in about February.
The only bad thing that I"m aware of about afalfa is turning out hungry cows on fresh alfalfa and that"s because of the bloat risk.
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