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Denny

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The green tag Heifers are some I just purchased on a whim. 18 head at $963 each 9 blacks 9 red heads

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My New to me feeding rig I spent $10,250 on the tractor and loader and have another $750 in materials to build the unroller. Tractor just turned over 1900 hours.

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Ground Hay 1/3rd November made ripgut 1/3rd september made ripgut 1/3rd mixed upland hay all 2 years old. Cows each get 7#s per day mixed with 23#s of silage a 1# of liquid protein seams to be working well.

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Silage

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My $1500 mixer wagon the scale even works which is worth more than the rest in my opinion

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The end product

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Happy customers at the Moofett line

Well thats it for today.
 
Things look good out your way Denny. I know you know it, but that feeding tractor will cost less dollars to operate than anything out there. I'm kinda sad that ours is sitting with reverse out of it. If I ever build a shop I think I'll pull it apart and fix it.
 
I believe Rip Gut is one of the common names for Prairie Cordgrass. (Spartina pectinata) Here it is usually called slough grass. It grows where there is heavy wet soil, but usually not where water stands. It is tough and course, gets quite tall is often hard to cut. It is a sod forming grass It is best grazed or hayed before it get to mature. I believe that is the hay Soapweed tells us he feeds when the weather gets cold.
 
Clarencen said:
I believe Rip Gut is one of the common names for Prairie Cordgrass. (Spartina pectinata) Here it is usually called slough grass. It grows where there is heavy wet soil, but usually not where water stands. It is tough and course, gets quite tall is often hard to cut. It is a sod forming grass It is best grazed or hayed before it get to mature. I believe that is the hay Soapweed tells us he feeds when the weather gets cold.
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any of you guys ever try fertilizing it? maybe when ground is froze?
 
littlejoe said:
Clarencen said:
I believe Rip Gut is one of the common names for Prairie Cordgrass. (Spartina pectinata) Here it is usually called slough grass. It grows where there is heavy wet soil, but usually not where water stands. It is tough and course, gets quite tall is often hard to cut. It is a sod forming grass It is best grazed or hayed before it get to mature. I believe that is the hay Soapweed tells us he feeds when the weather gets cold.
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any of you guys ever try fertilizing it? maybe when ground is froze?
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All swamp grass needs is lots of water and marginal soil to make a crop. We tried fertilizing a time or two, it was a touch greener and maybe a little thicker than usual but not much different in tonnage. Feeding cows in poorer areas makes a big difference over time and doesn't cost as much.
 
you would need an airplain to put fertilizer on most of it . It stands water till july or after most years .
 
3words said:
Silver said:
Big Swede said:
What is ripgut?
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Can't speak for Denny's neck of the woods, but around here ripgut usually refers to slough grass.
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Why do you call it that?
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I guess because it's what everybody else calls it :D I always assumed it was called ripgut because it's so coarse you'd expect it to rip the guts right out of a cow as it passed through :lol:
 
Silver said:
Things look good out your way Denny. I know you know it, but that feeding tractor will cost less dollars to operate than anything out there. I'm kinda sad that ours is sitting with reverse out of it. If I ever build a shop I think I'll pull it apart and fix it.
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I know on the fuel I have a 562 on the feeder wagon and an 825 the new to me one is a 925 with a Turbo seams to like fuel a little more than the others but it still run's very reasonable.
 
Big Swede said:
What is ripgut?
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Wire grass slough hay what ever you want to call it most cows won't eat it very well.My school bus driver when I was a kid called it Bullfrog Alfalfa. Mine are getting 33#s of the silage,ground hay and liquid per hd. per day they have all the free choice rippy they desire which figure's out to another 17#s each per day. Their manure is basically splashing when it hit's the ground so I think they'll do just fine. I sold all my better hay and turned it into more cattle.
 
littlejoe said:
Clarencen said:
I believe Rip Gut is one of the common names for Prairie Cordgrass. (Spartina pectinata) Here it is usually called slough grass. It grows where there is heavy wet soil, but usually not where water stands. It is tough and course, gets quite tall is often hard to cut. It is a sod forming grass It is best grazed or hayed before it get to mature. I believe that is the hay Soapweed tells us he feeds when the weather gets cold.
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any of you guys ever try fertilizing it? maybe when ground is froze?
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I think the money would be better spent on protein supplements than fertilizer on this type of hay. Best thing is get it hayed early which in our country has been next to impossible the last few years.
 
Justin said:
things are looking good Denny. i wish you were closer, i'd take one of those older badger wagons off your hands. :wink:
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I bet we could make a deal on that white topped one thats a pretty good box with a tandem gear. Since I went to the high dump it has'nt moved.Maybe a vacation is in order for me. :wink:
 
gcreekrch said:
littlejoe said:
Clarencen said:
I believe Rip Gut is one of the common names for Prairie Cordgrass. (Spartina pectinata) Here it is usually called slough grass. It grows where there is heavy wet soil, but usually not where water stands. It is tough and course, gets quite tall is often hard to cut. It is a sod forming grass It is best grazed or hayed before it get to mature. I believe that is the hay Soapweed tells us he feeds when the weather gets cold.
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any of you guys ever try fertilizing it? maybe when ground is froze?
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All swamp grass needs is lots of water and marginal soil to make a crop. We tried fertilizing a time or two, it was a touch greener and maybe a little thicker than usual but not much different in tonnage. Feeding cows in poorer areas makes a big difference over time and doesn't cost as much.
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Reason i asked is there was a guy here who was a real proponent of fertilizing subby stuff--figured you got back 4$ for every $ spent--said it was the best ground to own--already irrigated for free--said cows would summer graze it better next season, that it took about 3 yrs of fertilizing and it would really show, different/better varietys would come in.

I got one neighbor who would fertilize it after it solided up, with floatation tires, put lotsa cows on it early and leave 'em all summer. said they did good and you couldn't hurt it--i got maybe 80 acres of it on ground i rent for winter pasture, well sheltered and about as tall as a cow---maybe a 1000 acre field total--but they'll really work this in storms and cold weather---horrible rough, gotta really be careful with a horse crossing it
 

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