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NW Minnesota | Last year we had some hay that wouldn't dry so we bailed it at 41% moisture and had it wrapped. We never needed it last year but figured we better feed it this year. So far we have been processing it with a bale processor and mixing it with corn silage in a TMR for our bred cows, along with free choice dry hay. They are currently getting about 8 pounds per day of the wet hay. We can see that we are not using it up fast enough to get rid of it this season, and wondering if we can feed it to one of the groups directly in a bale ring without risk. The hay is 40.77 % moisture, 5.39 ph, RFV 148.34, 21.03% crude protein, 34.36% ADF. We are calving so the choices would be to feed it to pregnant heifers or cows, heifers with calves, open yearling replacement heifers, mature bulls, or mature cows with calves. I don't want to cause any digestive problems. TIA | |
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Feeding high moisture wrapped hay
