[AT] Clean Water Rule

[Cecil Bearden]

I have been feeding my cows in some long wide hay feeders that would fit 
a round bale if placed just right.  It seemed to save a little hay, but 
after a couple of weeks they had pulled enough out of the feeders and 
tromped it until it was a mess.  I fed them in a low place near a creek 
so they were out of our normal 30mph wind.

I was about to run out of the good hay and I have about 200 bales of 
"cow"hay that came from another farm.   It is a little drier, but is 
still good.  just not the green native bluestem we bale here.   I found 
a bale unroller at the local dealer, and tried unrolling a bale.  I 
really bought it to lay down before we put out cubes with the feed 
truck.  That way they would get dry cubes instead of them melting on the 
wet ground.  The cows loved it, and now they go after the unrolled bale 
without cubes almost as good as if it had cubes on it.  I can now spread 
the hay around the pasture to create a mulch that is well needed, and 
not have so much crap and wet hay concentrated around the feeders.  It 
also gets rid of the lower quality hay.. in addition to keeping the 
creek cleaner.

Cecil in OKla


On 2/28/2017 10:37 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> Regardless of which side of the issue you fall on, the executive order sis not overturn it.  All the executive order did was to begin the review process. Since it is a regulation there are as many hurdles to undo it is there is to do it to begin with. So it will be months/years before it is actually overturned.
>
> So for the time being everyone keep the antique tractors out of the natural areas your forefathers  created around your intermittent flows and seasonal wetlands - which they did out of common sense.
>
> Back to tractors.....
>
> Spencer Yost
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>> On Feb 28, 2017, at 8:33 PM, Dave <rotigel at me.com> wrote:
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>> I’ve heard it discussed/criticized before by many who are on the LIST and farming, but I’m curious as to thoughts on the EO overturning the Clean Water Rule today
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