Hay Making on a Different Scale

[LHF2019]

I am seriously contemplating some 3rd cutting this year. I went back and looked at my earliest cut 2nd cutting fields, but they’re loaded with the little tiny “baby” foxtail. I wonder if that is a non-starter for feed? The seed heads are so tiny.

Enough volume to justify taking it and if not feed hay off load it as mushroom? Like Tx Jim and I said what I'm doing is not justifiable but when your short almost 2000 bales you kind of want to help your customers as much as possible even though it is not your responsibility. If the fox tail is not dropping seeds I would say take it. It is the seeds they complain about

 

[Lastkidpicked]

@Tx Jim

New Member? Welcome to the forum (I don't know how I noticed that, but it struck me as funny)

Tx Jim​

New Member​

JoinedJan 26, 2007Messages10,306LocationCoyote Flats,TxTractorJD 4255/Kubota M7040 HD

 

[Tx Jim]

@Tx Jim

New Member? Welcome to the forum (I don't know how I noticed that, but it struck me as funny)

Tx Jim​

New Member​

JoinedJan 26, 2007Messages10,306LocationCoyote Flats,TxTractorJD 4255/Kubota M7040 HD

Dang I didn't realize I've been a member of this forum that many years because I never read my date joined!!!!!

Several yrs ago somehow it got to where I could not post on this forum.

After contacting TBN forum moderator I got reinstated but my member status somehow got frozen. This has been brought up before but it never concerned me to the point of attempting to get that member status corrected.

I was simply satisfied that I could post on this forum again!!!!!

 

[Lastkidpicked]

This has been brought up before but it never concerned me to the point of attempting to get that member status corrected.

I just found it humorous because you contribute quite often on here.

Hey, even little old me has Silver Status, but that might just be the color of my hair these days. . .

 

[Lineman North Florida]

I feel your struggle. We had too much rain earlier in the year & now it's turned off too dry. I still have good height of grass in my pastures but I've been feeding my cows hay for over a month. My theory is if my cattle eat the hay they must need it. I want my calves to gain every # that they can before I sell them.

That last sentence , yes you do I sold some yearlings 2 weeks ago and they averaged out between 480-520 pounds each and went from $4.30 on the low end up to $4.85 per pound on the high end, I have never sold yearlings that high, this cattle market is unreal.

 

[Tx Jim]

I woke up Saturday morning & looked out my window to see my 4 year old Brangus herd bull was dead. I think he died from congestive heart failure. I think he would have weighed some where close to 2200#s. Put that weight into your calculator @ $1.80+ per #. I had planned to sell him along with some calves on Monday Oct 27. Oh well one snoozes & loses!!!

 

[Lineman North Florida]

I woke up Saturday morning & looked out my window to see my 4 year old Brangus herd bull was dead. I think he died from congestive heart failure. I think he would have weighed some where close to 2200#s. Put that weight into your calculator @ $1.80+ per #. I had planned to sell him along with some calves on Monday Oct 27. Oh well one snoozes & loses!!!

That's just hard luck but I've been there . Did you get another bull? I'm a Brangus man myself, they do really good in o hot humid environment.

 

[Hay Dude]

I woke up Saturday morning & looked out my window to see my 4 year old Brangus herd bull was dead. I think he died from congestive heart failure. I think he would have weighed some where close to 2200#s. Put that weight into your calculator @ $1.80+ per #. I had planned to sell him along with some calves on Monday Oct 27. Oh well one snoozes & loses!!!

Sorry to hear that, Jim.
Sounds like a bunch of us Hay/cattle members here on TBN are in some headwinds.

 

[Tx Jim]

That's just hard luck but I've been there . Did you get another bull? I'm a Brangus man myself, they do really good in o hot humid environment.

I'm going to try using a LBW Charolais bull if I can find a bull I can afford!!!

 

[Lineman North Florida]

I'm going to try using a LBW Charolais bull if I can find a bull I can afford!!!

They produce some big calves, big bone structure, they used to be problematic with heifers calving but I think they have gotten the EPD numbers down on calf birth weight/calving ease and they grow off really good, see quite a few Charolais down here in Florida. Good luck on finding a young bull, just remember you can't afford to be without one with these cattle prices.