CATTLE RAISERS COMMUNITY


NAMES IN THE NEWS


Staff changes at the Southwest- ern Exposition and Livestock Show have been announced. Sonia Benavides is the sponsor- ship coordinator / special events assistant. Matt Brockman is the publicity manager. Brockman will work with longtime Publicity Man- ager Shanna Weaver, who has as- sumed a part-time role in order to spend more time with family. Dave True, a rancher in Casper, Wyo., received the 2015 National Golden Spur Award at the National Ranching Heritage Center (NRHC) in Lubbock. Hosted by the Ranch- ing Heritage Association (RHA), the award recognizes those who have made lifetime contributions to the ranching and livestock in- dustry. True Ranches is a multi- segmented beef operation that spans the eastern third of Wyo- ming with 7 commercial cow-calf operations, 2 feedlots and several farms.


Jenny Pluhar, Canyon, is the Texas


Grazing Land Coalition


(TXGLC) state coordinator. TXGLC is a partnership between landown- ers and conservation organiza- tions that supports grazing land sustainability. TXGLC provides technical assistance and pro- motes grazing land stewardship. TXGLC is part of the National Graz- ing Land Coalition.


Land & Cattle Co. Graham


Custom Feedlot And Growing Programs


P.O. Box 925 • Gonzales, Texas 78629 (830) 672-6504 Office


Charles Graham, DVM, Owner - (512) 285-4833 Tyler Graham, Owner


Jay Gray, Gen. Mgr. - (830) 437-5665


Maurice Janda, Feedyard Mgr. - (830) 672-6504 www.grahamfeedyard.com • e-mail: grahamcattle@gvec.net


42 The Cattleman November 2015 INDUSTRY ALLIED


Test Shows Savings With Ranger Gate Hay Cradle


A


21-DAY ROUND-BALE HAY-FEEDING TEST AT THE LULING Foundation Farm shows the Ranger Gate Hay


Saver hay cradle saves the equivalent of 2 round bales compared to traditional hay rings. The test was conducted for Ranger Gate by Mike


Kuck, Luling Foundation Farm manager, and Dr. David Bade, Texas A&M University System, retired. Two uniform groups of 21 cows with young


calves and a bull (22 total head) were fed hay in 2 separate pens. Cattle in one pen were fed from the Hay Saver hay cradle. Cattle in the


second pen were fed from a traditional round-bale feeder. At 10 days of feeding, the groups were switched, to take care of any


difference in hay intake between the 2 groups. New hay bales were placed in feeders when the previous bale was eaten. The bales were weighed to get the average weight per bale. The test


was ended when the last bale fed was eaten. The pen with the traditional hay ring was fed 11 bales in 21 days of


feeding. The pen with the Ranger Gate Hay Saver hay cradle was fed 9 bales during the same period. The average bale weight was 1,140 pounds. Hay fed per head per day


was 28.5 pounds for the traditional feeder and 22.2 pounds for the hay cradle, a difference of 6.3 pounds per head per day. This resulted in sav- ings of 2 round bales during the 21-day feeding period. The average bale weight was 1,140 pounds. Hay fed per head per day


was 28.5 pounds for the traditional feeder and 22.2 pounds for the hay cradle, a difference of 6.3 pounds per head per day. This resulted in sav- ings of 2 round bales during the 21-day feeding period. At the current average market price of $65 per round bale, that would result in a saving of $130 over the 21 days.


Based on 30 head of cattle Number of round bales fed over Traditional hay ring Hay Saver hay cradle


45 Days 60 Days 90 Days 34 25


45 35


Reduction in number of bales fed using Hay Saver 9 Current market price per bale Hay Saver Hay Cradle savings


10 $65 $585 $65 $650


68 53


15 $65 $975 thecattlemanmagazine.com


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