HERMITAGE, Mo. — Are you buying addition supplements to offset lower quality hay and could that be avoided if you would just purchase a little higher quality forage? Winter forages, for most of us, are often supplemented by hay and by-product feeds. Understanding how we purchase hay, how we treat and store hay, how we test hay, and how hay is utilized by our grazing animals is a real cost factor in our operation. Just how many bales are needed per cow to make it through the winter months? Most cattle will respond more favorably to quality growing conditions by rewarding us in areas like higher conception rates, heavier birth weights, and heavier weaning weights. When I last checked all three of these will return higher profits to you at market time. I am not saying high quality hay is the only answer towards these goals, but it couldn’t hurt. Join us as we look at what quality hay can do for your operation.
Register online or contact:
Hickory County Extension Office
417-745-6767 hickoryco@missouri.edu
Cost: Free
— University of Missouri Extension
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