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How much hay can a cow eat?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1838627" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Flip side of the coin - for folks who are in 'hay shortage' areas... How little hay can cows get by on? </p><p>Studies conducted at tOSU indicated that cows can overwinter on as little as 5-10# hay per day, provided that supplementation is provided to meet dry matter/TDN/protein requirements. Think they even had a group that they fed only 2.5# hay/day that got by OK. </p><p></p><p>2007, we had a disastrous freeze at Easter, then 1" of rain between May 1 and Nov 30... no local hay available, so we bought in western hay, and paid more than I swore I'd ever pay. We limit-fed 10# hay and 15# modified distiller's grain product per cow per day. Cows came through the winter in better shape than they ever had in the past with free-choice access to all the crappy locally-produced 'hay' we could buy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1838627, member: 12607"] Flip side of the coin - for folks who are in 'hay shortage' areas... How little hay can cows get by on? Studies conducted at tOSU indicated that cows can overwinter on as little as 5-10# hay per day, provided that supplementation is provided to meet dry matter/TDN/protein requirements. Think they even had a group that they fed only 2.5# hay/day that got by OK. 2007, we had a disastrous freeze at Easter, then 1" of rain between May 1 and Nov 30... no local hay available, so we bought in western hay, and paid more than I swore I'd ever pay. We limit-fed 10# hay and 15# modified distiller's grain product per cow per day. Cows came through the winter in better shape than they ever had in the past with free-choice access to all the crappy locally-produced 'hay' we could buy. [/QUOTE]
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