Inspired by Walter Jeffries, who raises hogs with forage as the primary feedstuff, I decided to feed the sows a round bale of oats. I baled these last summer when my oat fields blew down in a storm.
My plan had been to combine the oats, removing the oats from the straw, then bale the straw for bedding. I had to use a backup plan, and cut the oats before they were ready to be harvested, and bale them as forage.
Cattle will readily eat this forage, but I hadn’t considered feeding it to swine until reading Walter’s blog. It’s notable that I’m being inspired by the outliers. Thank you, Walter.
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