cattleman: He has a self loading unloading Freightliner that hauls 160 bales. It is a pretty slick unit without a doubt and he sells in 160 load lots.
farmers son: At 64 cents a day you would be feeding 25.6 lbs. of hay at 2.5 cents/day? Which would probably be enough? However I am assuming you might want to bed them as well?
Now I will admit if you have to buy straw it is a whole other ball game, but if the straw is basically free plus the cost of baling/hauling...then your straw can be pretty cheap? Theoretically both might work out the same but in the real world of what comes out of your pocket I believe straw can lower your feeding costs in a big way.
farmers son: At 64 cents a day you would be feeding 25.6 lbs. of hay at 2.5 cents/day? Which would probably be enough? However I am assuming you might want to bed them as well?
Now I will admit if you have to buy straw it is a whole other ball game, but if the straw is basically free plus the cost of baling/hauling...then your straw can be pretty cheap? Theoretically both might work out the same but in the real world of what comes out of your pocket I believe straw can lower your feeding costs in a big way.
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