[AT] Selling hay

[Grant Brians]

I have a friend who has been planting Buckwheat for hay in this area for 
several years. He says the horses and cattle like it fine....
        Grant Brians
        Hollister, California
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> Hey, that reminds me.  I plowed up a cornfield last fall and planted 
> buckwheat, which came in pretty thick.  Does anyone know if this makes 
> good feed?   And when should it be cut.  It's gotten really tall (about 
> 50") and I am doing a second cutting of orchard grass and alfalfa in the 
> field next to it.  Does this buckwheat cure well?  And do the cows like 
> it?
>
> Thanks,
> Louis Godena
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>> If it doesn't rain here soon, we'll be feeding junk hay in August.  We 
>> had a wet spring, then about 5 inches in early June, then nothing.  My 
>> hay was about 70 bales where it was 100 last year.
>>
>> I've broken out the corn knife.  We are cutting green corn stalks to feed 
>> the sheep and FFA calf.  I never water my yard, but I've been watering an 
>> area of the calf's pasture.
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