Planning ahead will become crucial in making feed go the distance this winter.
Barry Yaremcio, Beef and Forage Specialist at the Ag Info Centre in Alberta, says producers have a couple of choices when short on feed.
"Either you can buy more feed, you can cull more cows, or something that's not usually done is to move the cows into some of the areas that do have more feed. And, it's always cheaper to move cows to the feed rather than feed to the cows."
If you know you're going to be short on hay, try feeding straw, lower quality feed, slough hay, or lower quality forages with supplements when the cows are in early to mid pregnancy, Yaremcio says.
Source : Steinbachonline