From: gene schriefer (graze-l_at_witt.ac.nz)
Date: 03/08/08

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> Given that hay yields are around 6 tons/A in a 3 cut system and corn
silage yields have been recorded at 38 tons/A using new corn silage specific
? 
> varieties, hay can't compete in a world of high fuel prices.

What does the cost of harvesting, hauling, storing and feeding and possibly
hauling manure back out do to the cost/ton of silage?

Concrete, feed bunks, high HP tractor to run a TMR aren't exactly cheap.  



Gene Schriefer
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Dodgeville, Wisconsin USA
Commercial Texel-x and Charollais-x Sheep
Red Poll Cattle

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