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Northwest iowa | That whole process is a little like an on-farm meth lab. Calcium oxide is highly combustible, and if the process is done incorrectly the result is a big fire. There have been a few that I know of. Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't calcium oxide also corrosive? So lets summarize: it's time consuming, potentially damgerous, maybe corrosive, and not quite as good as silage. Like Garvo said, maybe silage could still work? What is your cost per ton when you are done?
Maybe the whole process will be refined and the kinks worked out and everyone will be doing it someday, but at the present time it looks like a major PIA.
BTW, alfalfa hay is still pretty good feed too.
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