Feeding

[farmersamm]

Any of you guys already putting out feed. We're feeding as much as we do during the Winter.

Dought

 

[old]

Any of you guys already putting out feed. We're feeding as much as we do during the Winter.

Dought

I have a friend who has been putting out hay to his cattle since sometime in Aug

 

[Russ from MN]

I think that's one reason there's a beef shortage! We hope to shoot 2-3 deer, won't need any beef.

 

[rrlund]

Been feeding the ones on the south 40 since mid July. Ones on the north 40 have been barely hanging on. Half of my oats were so weedy that I didn't want to cut them with the combine, so I cut them with the discbine, let the weeds dry then rolled hm up without raking them so I didn't knock any more oats out of them than I already had. I've been feeding them on the south side. The calves are sure going through a lot of grain in the creep feeders. We finally got enough rain last week to make things look green again, but too little too late for the most part. I'm not complaining about getting it though.

 

[paul]

I’m in south central MN. At the small local hay auction this morning, folk from South Dakota were here again, buying hay to get back to South Dakota.

They have been here a few times this summer.

Pretty long haul for just normal grass hay round bales.

And it’s been drier than average here, but we keep getting nuisance rains to mess up making good hay locally.

Tough deal.

Hope folk get rain that need it. As a bit of a hay seller it’s nice to see the high bids on the hay; but it’s not sustainable this way, closer to normal prices is better long term for everyone.

Paul

 

[jhwis]

Any of you guys already putting out feed. We're feeding as much as we do during the Winter.

Dought

Been throwing out a bale to supplement as are most guys around here. Normally I don't do that till mid October.

 

[the tractior vet]

Any of you guys already putting out feed. We're feeding as much as we do during the Winter.

Dought

Well here there is no lack of water , the issue here is to much water as i type this we are under a FLOOD Watch . where i live this old house has been in the family since 1926 . i have been here since 1946 on and off . I can not remember the last time the ft. yard has not been cardboard BROWN since July . Not this year it has stayed golf course green all thru summer . I can not remember the last time crops looked this GOOD at this time of year . This evening we got and inch and more on the way . While still farming i have been thru the drought of 88 the flooding of 89 and several others , but Never seen a year like this one . Old age had dulled my momorey some as i am not sure of the year we got hammered with real road wash out flooding . My one friend who is 4 miles south of me lost his bridge leading into his place and when it went the state high way bridge went with it as Eugene had water with in two feet of his house and that was like 25 feet above the wet weather creek on a wet year . That year closed two local state highways for days while they worked round the clock to replace one bridge and one 10 foot culvert . this evening i never even bothered to look in my basement as i know it is a lake down there. . As long as it does not get above the bottom step all is well , the water tank will still work and the furnace motor is above flood stage and no two inch pump is needed . The washer and dryer motors are safe . My wood working machines legs are under water but the motors are safe FOR NOW.

 

[Tx Jim]

I've been feeding my cows hay for about a month. It's going to require a lot of bales for my cows until the grass greens up next Spring. I'm glad my calves have sold as high as they have & hay is reasonable to purchase.