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Monett Missouri | Number of bales depends on size. 6’ tall stack 3-2-1. 5.5 or less stack 4-3. (105 5x5.5’) 40x100 plastic. Water that stays on top of plastic helps hold it on. But will be a pain when unstacking. Seal edges with gravel lime or dirt. Leave a bit off on the up hill end so you can get the anhydrous hose under the plastic. We just have a pipe on the end of the hose. Load just enough anhydrous in tank so you can turn it on real slow and leave it overnight. Throw some dirt on the pipe to seal it up. 1.5% of bale weight use to be the rate. We have cut back to 1%. In colder weather it should probably “cook” for a month before feeding. The anhydrous can make it way trough the cow Into the milk and kill very young calves. We don’t feed it to nursing cows. Vet says it can’t happen. I’ve seen enough dead calves to disagree. If you are blending it with other feed stuffs it would probably be okay. We feed it free choice in rings. The lower quality stuff you treat the less risk. We treat fescue hay left over after seed harvest. Some wheat straw too.
Edited by 68milkman 1/6/2023 09:09
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Ammoniating wheat straw
