Posted by samn40 on June 29, 2012 at 06:09:33 from (86.154.196.156):
In Reply to: Value of rained-on hay posted by Zachary Hoyt on June 29, 2012 at 05:11:23:
Come over and try to make hay in Ireland it is the norm for it to be rained on! A big bonus if it doesn't. We have had hay lie for 9 days after mowing with rain every day, the grass was growing green again between the swathes and when the weather got nice we first of all turned it onto the green grass to let the ground under the swathes dry and get the slugs and worms out of the hay! then we tedded for 3 days and baled, the hay was perfect and fed as well as the stuff that got no rain. Saw an article once in the Holstein journal about American fodder versus the wet stuff we feed in UK After all the tests were done there was no difference in milk yield or quality just our cows had better conception rates. Go figure that out...? Sam
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