“We’ll just chuck a bale of hay out”. We’ve all done it. We all should know better, given how experienced this district is at drought.
Feeding hay to cows is one of the most expensive ways to drought feed stock.
Hay is high in fibre and it’s not as energy dense as grains, which means you pay more per megajoule of energy.
As the paddock feed deteriorates, and the cows get heavier in calf and they can’t physically eat enough hay to maintain themselves.
They get skinnier . . .
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