08/14/14, 05:32 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Northern Michigan (U.P.)
Posts: 9,491
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Originally Posted by Rectifier
Well said, haypoint! Now come say it to all the folks cutting crappy hay and wanting $80/ton for it. Though you will NEVER sell 1st cut to a horse owner around here. They are picky, picky, picky folks!
A lot of cattle ranchers figure with grain (especially heated) being actually a cheaper feed than good hay, they will cut stemmy junk for roughage and feed it with grain to make up an acceptable ration.
There is a fellow out right now still cutting ditch hay - first cut! You can imagine that this "hay" is pretty much straw. But it's free (ish), I guess, and it keeps the guts moving.
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As the saying goes, " Better than feeding snow balls."
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