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Posted 1/2/2025 22:00 (#11038528 - in reply to #11038416)
Subject: RE: Best gain with hay to feeders


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johndeere1 - 1/2/2025 20:33

cornncows - 1/2/2025 20:07

Grazing Pasture in Minnesota in winter? What other feed sources are available? I’d be looking into some lighter 5wt calves. The smaller the calf the higher protein requirement is, but they can’t eat a lot per day either. How much is a lot of balage? 100 bales? 1000 bales? Even if you fed 10lbs as fed a day it would take 200 calves to eat one bale a day of it assuming it’s a 2000lb bale. Would also need some grass/crp type hay and lil bit of corn to go with it ideally.


He’s feeding the calves baleage not grazing pasture. He’s feeding them out on pasture. Gonna need a lot more than 10 pounds as fed.



Assuming the balage is 50% moisture (not sure here) feeding 10lb as fed would be 5lbs dm of 20% alfalfa is going to get a vast majority of his protein needs, could pry feed more alfalfa but won’t be the cheapest ration. Add in about 5 lbs of rolled corn and 5 lbs of dry grass hay and have a nice ration. But as said above have a nutrition expert figure it exactly. But that would be some rough quick numbers.
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