818-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 19, 1992
KANSAS CITY, Mo. It’s
likely you’ll be feeding your herd
a substantial amount of hay this
winter. You can be assured of
keeping feeding costs lower by
being certain the hay is high
quality and provides adequate
nutritional value.
should feed hay of higher quality.
“Whatever the quality level of
the feed, be sure to feed enough,”
Hough said. “Hay losses during
feeding can be expected with any
feeding method and the amount of
loss varies. Your major objective
should be to keep losses at a mini- t
mum permitting animals to use
the majority of hay given at a spe
cific feeding.”
Hough said that a feeding loss
of three percent to six percent is
common, and in general, is an MEXICO CITY, Mexico
acceptable hay loss amount. Stanley Miller of Excel Coipora-
There are several methods used don was elected chairman of the
to feed hay. Conventional rectan- us. Meat Export Federation
gular bales are still fairly common (USMEF) for 1993 at USMEF’s
in many parts of the country. If annual board of directors meeting,
you use this type of bale, you’ll Miller is vice president of Inter
save more hay if you only feed a national Sales with Excel Corp. in
one-day supply and make sure all Wichita, Kan., and is widely re
animals have easy access to the cognized for his pioneer work dur
hay- ing the early 1980 s in establishing
If you use large, round, or u.S. meat trade in Japan and other
square bales, the herd will more past countries,
effectively use proper amounts of Having served on the USMEF
hay if you restrict access. A barri- boaii of directors for 10 years,
er around the large bale can be a Miller has been a member of the
feeding rack, panels, or gates. USMEF executive committee
Feeding racks can work well, since 1935. In his inaugural ad
but should be kept clean of spoiled dress. Miller stressed the need for
hay and should be maintained USMEF to avoid distractions and
regularly. remain focused on its number one
Hough said if you remember goa l selling more U.S. red meat
the following items, your hay foreign customers, and doing it
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Dr. John Hough director of edu
cation and research for the Ameri
can Polled Hereford Association,
said quality of hay is influenced
by a number of conditions. The
most prevalent factors arc forage
species, available moisture during
the growing season, fertility level
of the soil on which it was pro
duced, maturity stage at harvest,
harvesting/handing damage, and
the amount of weeds of other fore
ign material.
“Since there are so many fac
tors which affect hay quality, it’s
likely your hay supply has a wide
quality variation,” Hough said.
“Fortunately, your herd has a vari
ety of nutritional needs. So, if
you’ve stored the hay by quality
levels, you can easily match the
nutritional needs of your cattle to
the type of hay.”
For example, cows needing
only a maintenance ration for the
winter can generally be fed a
lower-quality hay. For cows with
calves, or pregnant heifers, you
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and provide greater benefits for
your herd:
• Try to produce, harvest, and
store the highest quality hay
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• Match hay quality to animal
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• Feed on a well-drained site to
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• Restrict access with racks,
panels, and length of feeding
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• Restrict access to bales left in
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• Force cleanup of hay by ani
mals with low nutrient require
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• Reseed the area of sod killed
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profitably.
“Everything we do should sup
port this goal,” Miller said. “With
all the changes around us the
GATT, Korean beef negotiations,
changes in Washington and talk
about industry structure we
really have to keep our eye on the
ball and not lose sight of what
we’re all about”
The full slate of officers elected
to the USMEF Board of Directors
at the annual meeting is: chair
man: Stanley Miller, vice presi
dent International Sales, Excel
Corp.; chairman-elect; Jim Mul
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