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Got my winter feed put up the last couple of days - delivered in from our Hutterite neighbors in trucks of all shapes and sizes. My job was to build and pack the pit.



Some trucks in better shape than others :shock: :shock:

As always I like diversity in my cows feed - started with some very dry, lightly hailed barley.

Then added a layer of fairly green canola.

Water truck driver was a little over zealous when damping down the dust on the roads :lol: :lol:

Next a layer of weedlage - off a quarter seeded to alfalfa but with a healthy crop of volunteer barley plus every weed that commonly grows in an un-sprayed Canadian grain field. Last time we bought a similar weedy crop it was 15% protein and 67 TDN - can't beat "weeds" for feed!

Topped it off with a layer of very green barley but it was dark by the time we finished. Up before the sun (and wind) this morning to get her sheeted down. A good size pit of high dry matter silage - nice to have in a year of serious forage shortage like we are encountering this year.

The most tire-ing part of packing :roll: packed these 2 at a time up the hill to cover a sheet overlap. Still need to put a line up the other side to make it more aesthetically pleasing.
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