Dave,
Could you clarify the percent of dry matter you are assuming in the
yields below?
Dave Gneiser wrote:
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: <sjflanagan@juno.com>
>>
>> Judy Greg has SOUTHERN Missori figured out, but I think you have to
>> be in a low cost hay region to winter cows in the upper midwest.
>
>
> --------The March issue of GRAZE (web site is
> www.grazeonline.com
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> looks at profitable grazing dairies. Common traits are that they feed
> corn silage, have milking parlors and run fairly high stocking rates.
>
> 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.
>
> Dave G.
> WisCOWsin
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