10/16/2026
How much hay are your cows walking on? 🐄
An Iowa producer tracked his feed for 3 years and found he was wasting about 15%through free-choice and tire feeding. At $300/ton hay, that's roughly:
🐄 ~$285 per cow, per winter
🐂 ~$719 per herd bull
🐄 ~$172 per replacement heifer
On 100 cows, that's $28,500 a winter lost. Put that money back in your pocket, and Vermeer VT970 can pay for itself in less than 4 winters.💰
After switching to a mixer and bunk lines, he cut 375 feeding trips and grew his herd 16% on the same feed. His break-even? About 50 head.
Meet the Vermeer VT970 twin-screw vertical mixer 🚜
🔩 970 cu. ft. capacity, up to 25,000 lb net load
🔩 Twin screws with 7 knives each to process round bales
🔩 AR200 abrasion-resistant tub and flighting
🔩 4-point scale with Bluetooth
🔩 Front conveyor discharges to the right
🔩 Dual tires, 1000 PTO
💰 0% Financing or up to $13,000 Cash Back
🇺🇸 Built in Iowa
📖 Read more: https://makinhay.com/find-right-vertical-mixer-operation/
Stop by and let's run the numbers on your operation.
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