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nuts to store cattle for winter - is it worth it?

  • 29-11-2010 10:26pm
    #1
    Dunedin
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    Just wondering if anyone has done the maths on giving nuts to store cattle over the winter.

    would have always gave about 2lbs to everything from wealings to 2 year olds but with the cost of some nuts up on €300 ton, am wondering if it is cost effective at all.

    (dont have enough or the set up for a home mix as I appreciate I could source cheaper nut/ration this way)

    don't finish from shed as all finished from grass in Aug/sept


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  • #2
    Tipp Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,025 ✭✭✭Tipp Man


    Unnecessary expense IMO if your silage is anyway decent at all. We buy a lot of yearlings in the spring and we will turn our backs on bullocks that have had too good a winter, reason being they will never trive as good on grass as a bullock that has not had meal.

    I think you'd be better off saving the nuts till July/August and giving em nuts then to finish them off properly

    But everybody has different ideas


  • #3
    Dunedin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Dunedin


    Tipp Man wrote: »
    Unnecessary expense IMO if your silage is anyway decent at all. We buy a lot of yearlings in the spring and we will turn our backs on bullocks that have had too good a winter, reason being they will never trive as good on grass as a bullock that has not had meal.

    I think you'd be better off saving the nuts till July/August and giving em nuts then to finish them off properly

    But everybody has different ideas



    fully agree with not buying 'well fed' cattle but 2lbs of nuts is not going to push cattle into this category.


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