I can see the merit in there argument. Its the whole economies of scale thing. Most cattle farmers around here are part time and if they are trying to put up hay they are using old equipment. Between work schedules, equipment breakdowns, and out of stock or obsolete parts they end up making over mature, low quality hay.
Personally, I think its important to put a pencil to it and decide where one makes their profit. If its in hay, then cut back on cows and make hay right. If its in cattle then increase numbers, go to a more intensive grazing system, and buy hay. I'm picking up more beef cattle people every year who have figured out that for a thousand dollars or so more than what they were spending on fuel, repairs, supplies, and fertilzer they can have their haying done in a couple of days with better hay than they ever put up by buying it.
Its a decision I had to make 15 years ago. For me, Im not a cow man. I enjoy having them but they werent a profit center for me. I also wasnt selling the volume of hay I needed to sell to justify the amount of equipment I had. So, I sold half my cows keeping just enough to eat what unmarketable hay I typically had.
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