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| Backgrounded calves like that for quite a few years would mix the grain, supplement and hay all in the grinder mixer and run the hay through the hammermill. Made an excellent and consistent TMR but I was using a smaller older gehl grinder mixer which was very slow, hay had to be ground from small square bales, 1 slice at a time and even then had to hold onto the slice and slowly feed it. It was VERY time consuming, though it made very good feed on a very small budget. For 5 or 6 thousand you can buy a small Knight reel mixer which will give you a very nice cow ration and can throw the grain and small bales of hay in the mixer all at once, with not near as much of a time investment, and probably same equipment costs, minus all the tractor hours. | |
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Grinding hay with a feed mill
