Planning for Winter

"A farmer is either planning for winter or it's wintertime."

We are always, always thinking about winter. This week we are preparing for winter by wrapping bales of quality feed that we bought. This ferments the hay. It really preserves the nutrition in the hay and is an excellent feed for the cows. 

We will grind up a bale and mix it with other forages and feed in our TMR mixer and that is what the cows eat in addition to pasture (when grass is growing. Pasture doesn't grow in January. ;) )