farmcards we haven’t been getting all the snow here in north east Indiana but we have had to deal with a lot of ice/rain lately. Keep up the good work I’m subscribed so I’ll be able to stay up to date .
I would recommend using a vertical mixer. I think they are mostly similar. Some last longer than others. I’m not super brand loyal, but this Luck Now seems to be built very heavy, and has lasted us well.
Yes. Please look through our videos. We do have a few on chopping corn, and haylage. Please check out our video on the Kelly Ryan bagger to see how we store our silage.
Silage has more energy. Alfalfa can be over 20% protein. Grass is normally pretty low on protein and is shallow rooted so when it dries it won't grow any more. Corn silage has corn in it. Haylage is made with alfalfa. If it's made with oats it'll have about 10% protein. It's all in how it's made. If green fodder refers to like chopped grass- but green chop can be bad because if it's raining you will mess up your field and make ruts. Green chopping takes a lot of time. Haylage making is fast. Hope this answers your question.
Hi Steve VB. Thanks for watching and commenting! we had silo unloaders but they were broke as long as I can remember. So we were the silo unloaders. We would climb up there and pitch them out by hand with a ensilage fork with lots of tines. There were three silos. The silos aren't used anymore. Now the skid steers do the work. Don't forget to like and subscribe!
farmcards how long did it take you to pitch a full batch of feed? I only use a pitchfork in our silos to level them off when we fill them and even that’s not fun lol but thankfully we only use silos for our heifers and a bunker for the cows.
I guess it depended on how motivated I was that day! We had 3 silos 1 haylage and 2 silage. We’d pitch out 2 a day. For 40 cows fed twice a day I could get enough down by the time I said a whole rosary. You’d know when you were done if you’d look down the chute and didn’t see light anymore. I think it’d be about 15 feet from the floor to the bottom of the chute or so a decent pile. It’s been many years but I still remember 1 wheelbarrel of haylage to every 3 cows or was it 4? I’m getting old, can’t remember.
Hey Chase sorry it's taken a little while for me to respond. We test the feed bags when we open them and we have Modwest Bio Ag make a ration for us based on that. Thanks for commenting!
Just found your channel so glad I did man great video
Thanks Nate! I appreciate it! I hope to get some more videos up in spring of planting. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Nice looking ladies! I like your explanation at the end about not pushing the cows for more milk and the break even.
Thanks for watching man! It's always good to hear from you!
farmcards anytime! I like seeing the dairy, makes me miss my youth! I just wish the dairy sector was better. Keep up the great work
Love it..keep up the great videos
Thanks! It's nice to hear that you like the channel and the videos! It makes it worth the work. Thanks for watching and commenting. Stay warm!
farmcards thank you, you too!
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Absolutely great
thank you for watching and commenting!
Great video . 10 a bushel? Wow! Thats organic price? Thanks.
Excellent video friend
Thanks for watching and commenting Andrew! It means a lot to us that people are enjoying our content! Hope you aren't getting all the snow we are now!
farmcards we haven’t been getting all the snow here in north east Indiana but we have had to deal with a lot of ice/rain lately. Keep up the good work I’m subscribed so I’ll be able to stay up to date .
Thanks! We just got hit with another round of snow yesterday. Thanks for subscribing!
Love it
I’m glad you enjoyed the video.
it is best mixer for high production of different types of livestock
I would recommend using a vertical mixer. I think they are mostly similar. Some last longer than others. I’m not super brand loyal, but this Luck Now seems to be built very heavy, and has lasted us well.
What is the feed mix ratio.
Also any chance of doing a cideo of haylage and one on silage and how it all is stored etc
Yes. Please look through our videos. We do have a few on chopping corn, and haylage. Please check out our video on the Kelly Ryan bagger to see how we store our silage.
Silage can replace green fooder with more energy???????
Silage has more energy. Alfalfa can be over 20% protein. Grass is normally pretty low on protein and is shallow rooted so when it dries it won't grow any more. Corn silage has corn in it. Haylage is made with alfalfa. If it's made with oats it'll have about 10% protein. It's all in how it's made. If green fodder refers to like chopped grass- but green chop can be bad because if it's raining you will mess up your field and make ruts. Green chopping takes a lot of time. Haylage making is fast. Hope this answers your question.
Well have to admit forking silage out of silo is not so much fun but the TMR mixer a lot better way to go nice video.
Thanks! Glad you like it!
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Why did you unload silos by hand?
Hi Steve VB. Thanks for watching and commenting! we had silo unloaders but they were broke as long as I can remember. So we were the silo unloaders. We would climb up there and pitch them out by hand with a ensilage fork with lots of tines. There were three silos.
The silos aren't used anymore. Now the skid steers do the work.
Don't forget to like and subscribe!
farmcards how long did it take you to pitch a full batch of feed? I only use a pitchfork in our silos to level them off when we fill them and even that’s not fun lol but thankfully we only use silos for our heifers and a bunker for the cows.
I guess it depended on how motivated I was that day!
We had 3 silos 1 haylage and 2 silage. We’d pitch out 2 a day.
For 40 cows fed twice a day I could get enough down by the time I said a whole rosary.
You’d know when you were done if you’d look down the chute and didn’t see light anymore. I think it’d be about 15 feet from the floor to the bottom of the chute or so a decent pile.
It’s been many years but I still remember 1 wheelbarrel of haylage to every 3 cows or was it 4? I’m getting old, can’t remember.
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May I visit your farm ?
very simple ration. Do you work with a nutritionist
Hey Chase sorry it's taken a little while for me to respond. We test the feed bags when we open them
and we have Modwest Bio Ag make a ration for us based on that.
Thanks for commenting!
Midwest Bio Ag
Can I get video about shed construction for cows???
Hi Mahesh! thanks for watching and commenting. Thank you for the video suggestion!
Can l visit your farm dear brother???
Pls, come visit my farm in Bangladesh, i have over 12,000 cows