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For the callage, protein levels are
running 11 percent. For the alfalfa,
protein is more than 22 percent. Total
digestible nutrients run more than 60
for the alfalfa. Relative feed value
Fink stores the hay in one 500-ton capacity barn, and
two 600-ton capacity barns , all with a total capacity in
excess of 28,000 square feet
ranges from 100-158 for some sam
ples. Net Energy per Lactation, or
NELs, are in the low 60s.
Per day, the farm takes in on average
about 50 tons of hay.
Sometimes, customer demand skyr
ockets on one day alone, Fink
remembers harvesting 120 tons.
In the future, Fink wants to be pre
pared to harvest more baleage at a time
and to increase the baleage capacity by
1,000 tons.
Fink sells half of what he produces directly to cus
tomers and half to brokers. Customers include direct
feed companies and dairies.
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Fink stores the hay in one 500-ton
capacity bam, and two 600-ton capaci
ty bams, all with a total capacity in
excess of 28,000 square feet.
Fink sells half of what he produces
directly to customers and half to brok-
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ers. Customers include direct feed
companies and dairies.
With the National Hay Association,
through the international marketing
committee, more hay than ever before
is being shipped overseas, particularly
to Japan. Japan uses the most tonnage
of hay, “in the millions,” Fink said.
Two years ago Fink went on a trip to
Morocco to develop markets for U.S.
hay.
The group is actively trying to reach
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Japan uses the most tonnage of hay, ‘in the millions, *
Fink said.
South Korea hay markets, which has
“really taken off’ in the past five years,
Fink noted. During the last three years,
hay is gradually being marketed in
Mexico.
On a recent trip to the National Hay
Association Convention in Sun Valley
Resort, Idaho, Fink took home some
Genetic engineering will be impacting the alfalfa
industry in the near future. Also, big square bales and
balage are the bright spots in the hay tool industry.
management quality tips and informa
tion on how he could maricet a quality
product while reducing labor costs.
Meanwhile, the farm finished con
struction in the spring of 1996 on a
600-ton facility measuring 80-feet by
136-feet. There will be more storage
capacity for the double-compressed
square bales.
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a skid-steer loader equipped with a
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David Fink recently noted some
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annual meeting of the National Hay
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