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We don't have snow where we live, but we do have cotton seed.....which is almost as fun for play dates...
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Showing posts with label cotton seed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cotton seed. Show all posts
January 18, 2012
June 16, 2010
The Feel of Cotton (seed) & Shooting Lunch
On a recent visit to the ranch, Bryce and Paige's cousins, Cam and Gavin, had quite the morning! They love playing with Bryce in the cotton seed. This can entertain a kid for HOURS. And as long as there is adult supervision somewhere close by, it's all good!
It's almost like playing in sand. Okay, okay, it's the farmer's version of playing in sand.
Even though we live about 25 minutes from the coast, we only seem to visit it when it's 100 degrees inland because that means it's 80 degrees at the coast.....perfect! It only reaches 100 degrees where we live, around 10 or so times during the summer.
If you missed my post on do dairy cows eat tofu?, cottonseed is one of the ingredients that gets mixed in with the feed everyday. Here's an up-close look at it.
I find cottonseed all over the house....in shoes, in the laundry, on the floor, in the bedrooms.....you get the picture.
But it doesn't feel good when it gets in the eyes.
Okay, enough playing. It's time to shoot lunch.
Gavin is a great shot! He got a couple of, I can't remember if they were dove or quail, but I think dove. They had stew for lunch that day............I did not partake. Anything that is hunted on the ranch, is eaten. Bryce really liked it!
Happy Wednesday!
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January 26, 2010
Do Dairy Cows Eat Tofu?
Today we had 25 tons of rolled corn grain delivered
to our Commodities Barn, one of the many grain deliveries throughout the month.
Other shipments that are delivered through the month include:
Almond Hulls ~ 25 tons, delivered once a month.
Whole Cotton Seed ~ 25 tons, every 50 days or so.
DDG (distillers dried grains) ~ 25 tons every 50 days ~ DDG is a by-product of ethanol made from corn.
Rice Bran ~ 25 tons, every 40 days.
Mineral Mix ~ 15 tons, once a month.
Tofu ~ 14 tons, every week. Tofu is in the 'mix' because it's high in fat and protein and helps to increase production.
The 230 dairy cows are fed a total of three tons of grain, 4 1/2 tons of silage(between 2 feedings)in addition to 45-50 bales of Alfalfa every day.
Silage (fermented oat grass) which is contained in long tubular shaped bags, is fed to the dairy cows and the heifers - 4 1/2 tons daily. For the dairy cows, the silage is mixed in with the grain.
The chosen mixture of all grains, silage, tofu and alfalfa help to maintain a healthy, balanced diet for the cows which in turn helps to keep the cows healthy!
The grain and the silage is mixed all together by tractor loads being dumped into the feed wagon load by load. The feed wagon is then pulled by another tractor and driven to the housing barn and shoots the feed out into the feeders for the cows.
COW FACT ~A cow’s body uses part of the food to grow and stay healthy and the other part of the food to make milk.
The 50 head of beef cattle are out on pasture and they are fed 12 bales of oat hay and some alfalfa each day.
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to our Commodities Barn, one of the many grain deliveries throughout the month.
Other shipments that are delivered through the month include:
Almond Hulls ~ 25 tons, delivered once a month.
Whole Cotton Seed ~ 25 tons, every 50 days or so.
DDG (distillers dried grains) ~ 25 tons every 50 days ~ DDG is a by-product of ethanol made from corn.
Rice Bran ~ 25 tons, every 40 days.
Mineral Mix ~ 15 tons, once a month.
Tofu ~ 14 tons, every week. Tofu is in the 'mix' because it's high in fat and protein and helps to increase production.
The 230 dairy cows are fed a total of three tons of grain, 4 1/2 tons of silage(between 2 feedings)in addition to 45-50 bales of Alfalfa every day.
Silage (fermented oat grass) which is contained in long tubular shaped bags, is fed to the dairy cows and the heifers - 4 1/2 tons daily. For the dairy cows, the silage is mixed in with the grain.
The chosen mixture of all grains, silage, tofu and alfalfa help to maintain a healthy, balanced diet for the cows which in turn helps to keep the cows healthy!
The grain and the silage is mixed all together by tractor loads being dumped into the feed wagon load by load. The feed wagon is then pulled by another tractor and driven to the housing barn and shoots the feed out into the feeders for the cows.
COW FACT ~A cow’s body uses part of the food to grow and stay healthy and the other part of the food to make milk.
The 50 head of beef cattle are out on pasture and they are fed 12 bales of oat hay and some alfalfa each day.
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