Harvesting lambs to reduce hay consumption, so the hay delivery is the last before spring.

After these two lambs, there are still four left to process. Even with savings on processing fees by butchering the lambs here at the homestead. The lambs still have feed costs until they are harvested. The sooner we harvest the less hay we will need until spring. This hay delivery should be the last before the pasture greens back up as long as waste can be reduced.

Trying to reduce hay waste without having to feed a daily hay ration is challenging. We found that wrapping a cattle panel around the large bales of hay drastically reduced waste. However, the cattle panel technique is still wasting too much, so to take things a step further, the bales are placed inside a large hay net in addition to the cattle panel.

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