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

Dunedin · 29-11-2010 10:26PM #1

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

Tipp Man · 30-11-2010 09:38AM

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

Dunedin · 30-11-2010 09:01PM

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.

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

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