Something I saw in the Texas Panhandle.

[BlackRifle]

Just made a trip to Santa Fe N.M. Going through the Texas panhandle,I saw these white mounds with tires embedded in them. Anyone know what these things are?

 

[swampratt]

This will explain it all.

Those White Piles with Tires on Dairies | Dairy Moos

What are those… white piles on dairies with all the tires? If you’ve driven by a dairy farm and seen large white piles with tires, this post will explain

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[Okie4570]

Silage, slow cooking cattle feed lol.

 

[turkeyrun]

Silage, slow cooking cattle feed lol.

Braum's

 

[trbii]

Reminds me of a question about livestock feeding on dormant, yellow, brown grass during winter months, do they get any nutrition from it? Or just fiber, bulk?

 

[BlackRifle]

Thanks Swampratt. I never would have guessed.

 

[Honey Badger]

Silage pits. Basically chopped corn and feed grain stalks. They ferment in the pit. Then this winter they are fed to cattle. Some of the best feed around.

 

[SoonerP226]

Reminds me of a question about livestock feeding on dormant, yellow, brown grass during winter months, do they get any nutrition from it? Or just fiber, bulk?

Mostly just bulk.

 

[Okie4570]

Braum's

Braums sells ice cream, no ice cream at the silage bunks lol.

 

[rickm]

Reminds me of a question about livestock feeding on dormant, yellow, brown grass during winter months, do they get any nutrition from it? Or just fiber, bulk?

Dry grass left in the feild that cattle graze on is mostly just a filler/fiber you always have to feed something else with it if you want to keep the cattle fat and especially if they are breed or nursing a young calf so that both have a good healthy winter, fat cattle can withstand the cold better than a skinny poor cow.