Hay Storage Approaches
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2011-02-26
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Keaton, Miles
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Cornbelt Cow-Calf Conference
The Cornbelt Cow-Calf Conference is one of the longest running and most successful conferences of its type in the Midwest. For over forty years, the conference has provided an opportunity for producers, researchers, and over 70 industry representatives to come together to explore current topics and issues. This concentrated one-day conference focuses on management and production practices that contribute to making the cow-calf business profitable and competitive on a long-term basis.
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Hay is an incredibly valuable crop, the 3rd most valuable crop in Iowa. Producing baled hay uses a large amount of resources (land, labor, seed, fuel, fertilizer, equipment). The way you store that hay after baling can have a big effect on losses in hay quality, so it’s worth investing additional resources (money, labor, equipment) in hay storage to preserve the value of the hay and to ensure a good return on your initial investment.