Waste Less Hay

摘要

Here's how to get the most from your fields of forage. Yground or let it rot in storage. Yet, lots of growers do that onYou wouldn't grow a corn crop and leave half of it on the forage ground, particularly when it comes to making, storing, and feeding hay. University of Missouri-Columbia forage specialist Rob Kallenbach says if you do a good job, you can deliver 75% or more of a forage produced to the animals. The average, he guesstimates, is probably about 30% due to untimely cutting, poor storage systems, and wasteful feeding practices. The first thing you need to do correct is to cut hay on time, Kallenbach says. If you are a few weeks late on alfalfa, it's the same as cutting it on time and getting it rained on. And, on time is earlier than most people think.