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MIHunter · 03-08-2022, 12:55 PM

So how do ya'll store bulk cottonseed, away from other critters?

ccallarman · 03-08-2022, 01:13 PM

what "critters" are you trying to keep out of it?

PYBUCK · 03-08-2022, 01:37 PM

In a corral pen under a tarp.

eradicator · 03-08-2022, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by PYBUCK

In a corral pen under a tarp.

That's how we did it when we were feeding it

warrington · 03-08-2022, 01:57 PM

Under a tarp

Dc78 · 03-08-2022, 02:23 PM

Put a tarp on top. Can get about 6500#’s.

bsills · 03-08-2022, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by PYBUCK

In a corral pen under a tarp.

This

texsdr · 03-08-2022, 02:34 PM

I never have tarped.

SaltwaterSlick · 03-08-2022, 02:46 PM

We don't tarp it. We have a sheetmetal frame built out of old 4 foot sections or R-panel that is 16 feet square and 3 sided... The cottonseed truck backs up to it and dumps it on the ground... This bin is inside our camp compound and is fenced off from the cattle. Deer are free to come eat at will. The cottonseed if left under a tarp and it is a wet period, it will mildew quickly. If it is left uncovered, even when it rains on it, the oils in the cotton will form a top layer and it will only get wet about 1" down, but even then it does not easily mildew or mold... We've tried everything and this simple way seems to work best... We feed 30-40 tons a year on 5500 acres and it does not get wasted... Think about it, most folks feed cottonseed in a wire hoop that is exposed to the elements... no need to complicate things...

bklem · 03-08-2022, 03:26 PM

We didn’t tarp either. Built a big pen out of hog panels and put electric fence around top to keep cattle out. That was probably a waste of money. Deer kept jumping in and breaking the electric fence so we just turned it off. Cattle never bothered it and we are/were in middle of horrible drought. We switched to protein this year as there wasn’t a big enough difference in cost to justify the cotton seed anymore in our opinion. Who knows! We just need rain bad!

deerwatcher51 · 03-08-2022, 04:18 PM

I just leave mine on the trailer, under cover until I need it.

eradicator · 03-08-2022, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by SaltwaterSlick

We don't tarp it. We have a sheetmetal frame built out of old 4 foot sections or R-panel that is 16 feet square and 3 sided... The cottonseed truck backs up to it and dumps it on the ground... This bin is inside our camp compound and is fenced off from the cattle. Deer are free to come eat at will. The cottonseed if left under a tarp and it is a wet period, it will mildew quickly. If it is left uncovered, even when it rains on it, the oils in the cotton will form a top layer and it will only get wet about 1" down, but even then it does not easily mildew or mold... We've tried everything and this simple way seems to work best... We feed 30-40 tons a year on 5500 acres and it does not get wasted... Think about it, most folks feed cottonseed in a wire hoop that is exposed to the elements... no need to complicate things...

We tarped to keep it from blowing away.

aggieman12 · 03-08-2022, 04:32 PM

I used to dump it on the ground inside of a pen to keep the Cattle out when it was under $200/ton. Now that it is quite a bit more, I keep it inside of a dump trailer under a parking cover - no waste. I can haul 5 tons at a time and go through 3 loads a year on 1000 acres.

jason86 · 03-08-2022, 05:07 PM

No tarp needed, don’t rain anyway so no waste

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S-3 Ranch · 03-08-2022, 05:22 PM

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No tarp needed, don’t rain anyway so no waste

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Word , ain’t seen rain , ours is in a pile near a barn

MIHunter · 03-08-2022, 05:24 PM

Thanks all!

muddyz · 03-09-2022, 10:19 AM

Those of you who pile it up like this? What do you do with it? Shovel into pickup bed/trailer and then drive around and shovel it out again?

We are dealing with 15, 1k lb feeders at our place so that sounds like a lot of shoveling to me.

SaltwaterSlick · 03-09-2022, 10:46 AM

We shovel it into molasses tubs and haul them out to dump in feeders... One of those little wire hoop feeders like folks buy made out of horse wire holds 4 tubs. Most of ours are made from 1/2 of a horse panel rolled into a circle. They hold 6 tubs. Some of us have 2 feeders at each location... We use snow scoops to fill the tubs at the bulk location. It goes pretty fast. We drilled holes in the tubs and put rope handles with a short piece of water hose. Makes them much easier to carry and empties can be stacked without them sticking together... Pretty good system and works for us...

dope hunter · 03-09-2022, 11:52 AM

What about storing it in a 1 ton super sack?

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AntlerCollector · 03-09-2022, 12:41 PM

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What about storing it in a 1 ton super sack?

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Those are a PITA to empty.

Sackett · 03-09-2022, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by AntlerCollector

Those are a PITA to empty.

No harder than the pail method above. If you have a tractor, it’s even easier. We’ve been buying a sack or two, then using a 5-gallon bucket to transfer from the sack to the feeder while pulled up next to it. You just have to make sure you put your feeder where you can pull up next to it. One 5 gallon bucket of Cottonseed weighs about 25-30 lbs, so you can figure on 20 scoops to fill up most wire/tpost feeders 👍🏿

kyle1974 · 03-09-2022, 01:47 PM

We keep it in the sacks in a barn. The rats get a little bit of it but that’s about it. Right now cows are the biggest “other” I have to worry about.

We transfer 4-6 sacks to a small trailer and shovel it. Cottonseed is easy to keep. I like the bags because it’s relatively easy for us to load up and move around.

Yelladog · 03-09-2022, 02:14 PM

Anywhere close to Georgetown to get bulk cottonseed?

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TexasTK · 03-09-2022, 02:44 PM

Anybody built a covered cottonseed chute?
I am thinking about building one 10'x30' w concrete floor & cinder block walls about 10' high. I load from this w tractor to back of my pickup.

160class · 03-09-2022, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by TexasTK

Anybody built a covered cottonseed chute?
I am thinking about building one 10'x30' w concrete floor & cinder block walls about 10' high. I load from this w tractor to back of my pickup.

We had one on the Catarina Place I was on, it worked well. Had 2 big doors and we could get a tractor into most of it (pretty big tractor) or use the skid steer and use it. A little more up front cost but it will last a long while.

TexasTK · 03-09-2022, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 160class

We had one on the Catarina Place I was on, it worked well. Had 2 big doors and we could get a tractor into most of it (pretty big tractor) or use the skid steer and use it. A little more up front cost but it will last a long while.

You have any pics ?

160class · 03-09-2022, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by TexasTK

You have any pics ?

Just looked and I do not, wish I could be more help.

I do know we would have to dump the cottonseed on the ground outside of it and then push it all into the barn.

TexasTK · 03-09-2022, 03:30 PM

OK,thx anyway. Will build roof high enough so truck can dump it on the concrete. Hard to scoop off bare ground w/o getting a bunch of dirt mixed in.

TexasTK · 05-27-2022, 03:40 PM

Finished cottonseed storage bldg. Will make life easier on these old bones.

Ungawa · 05-27-2022, 08:55 PM

I grew up on a cotton farm we always held back a trailer load for cattle. we would put it on a 4 wheel trailer with open top and park the trailer in our tractor shed. As a kid I would play in the cotton seed digging tunnels. Cows thought that stuff was candy.

03-08-2022, 12:55 PM	#1
MIHunter Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Austin	Storing Bulk Cottonseed .. So how do ya'll store bulk cottonseed, away from other critters?

03-08-2022, 02:23 PM	#6
Dc78 Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Denver City, Texas Hunt In: Panhandle	Put a tarp on top. Can get about 6500#’s. Attached Images

05-27-2022, 03:40 PM	#29
TexasTK Ten Point Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Boerne Hunt In: Dimmit County & Beyond	Finished cottonseed storage bldg. Will make life easier on these old bones. Attached Images

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03-08-2022, 01:13 PM	#2
ccallarman Six Point Join Date: Oct 2018 Hunt In: Texas	what "critters" are you trying to keep out of it?

03-08-2022, 01:37 PM	#3
PYBUCK Pope & Young Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Rankin, Tx Hunt In: Upton County	In a corral pen under a tarp.

03-08-2022, 01:57 PM	#5
warrington Ten Point Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Heath, TX Hunt In: Abilene	Under a tarp

03-08-2022, 02:34 PM	#8
texsdr Eight Point Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, TX Hunt In: Sanderson, TX	I never have tarped.

03-08-2022, 02:46 PM	#9
SaltwaterSlick Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006	We don't tarp it. We have a sheetmetal frame built out of old 4 foot sections or R-panel that is 16 feet square and 3 sided... The cottonseed truck backs up to it and dumps it on the ground... This bin is inside our camp compound and is fenced off from the cattle. Deer are free to come eat at will. The cottonseed if left under a tarp and it is a wet period, it will mildew quickly. If it is left uncovered, even when it rains on it, the oils in the cotton will form a top layer and it will only get wet about 1" down, but even then it does not easily mildew or mold... We've tried everything and this simple way seems to work best... We feed 30-40 tons a year on 5500 acres and it does not get wasted... Think about it, most folks feed cottonseed in a wire hoop that is exposed to the elements... no need to complicate things...

03-08-2022, 03:26 PM	#10
bklem Ten Point Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Comfort	We didn’t tarp either. Built a big pen out of hog panels and put electric fence around top to keep cattle out. That was probably a waste of money. Deer kept jumping in and breaking the electric fence so we just turned it off. Cattle never bothered it and we are/were in middle of horrible drought. We switched to protein this year as there wasn’t a big enough difference in cost to justify the cotton seed anymore in our opinion. Who knows! We just need rain bad!

03-08-2022, 04:18 PM	#11
deerwatcher51 Pope & Young Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Brenham & Richland Springs Hunt In: Richland Springs & Washington on the Brazos	I just leave mine on the trailer, under cover until I need it.

03-08-2022, 04:32 PM	#13
aggieman12 Ten Point Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Taylor, TX Hunt In: McMullen/East Wilco	I used to dump it on the ground inside of a pen to keep the Cattle out when it was under $200/ton. Now that it is quite a bit more, I keep it inside of a dump trailer under a parking cover - no waste. I can haul 5 tons at a time and go through 3 loads a year on 1000 acres.

03-08-2022, 05:07 PM	#14
jason86 Ten Point Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: San Antonio Hunt In: Kinney county	No tarp needed, don’t rain anyway so no waste Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03-08-2022, 05:24 PM	#16
MIHunter Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Austin	Thanks all!

03-09-2022, 10:19 AM	#17
muddyz Eight Point Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: McKinney Hunt In: Baylor Co	Those of you who pile it up like this? What do you do with it? Shovel into pickup bed/trailer and then drive around and shovel it out again? We are dealing with 15, 1k lb feeders at our place so that sounds like a lot of shoveling to me.

03-09-2022, 10:46 AM	#18
SaltwaterSlick Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006	We shovel it into molasses tubs and haul them out to dump in feeders... One of those little wire hoop feeders like folks buy made out of horse wire holds 4 tubs. Most of ours are made from 1/2 of a horse panel rolled into a circle. They hold 6 tubs. Some of us have 2 feeders at each location... We use snow scoops to fill the tubs at the bulk location. It goes pretty fast. We drilled holes in the tubs and put rope handles with a short piece of water hose. Makes them much easier to carry and empties can be stacked without them sticking together... Pretty good system and works for us...

03-09-2022, 11:52 AM	#19
dope hunter Ten Point Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sherman, TX Hunt In: Throckmorton	What about storing it in a 1 ton super sack? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

03-09-2022, 01:47 PM	#22
kyle1974 Pope & Young Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Flour Bluff, America Hunt In: Hebbronville	We keep it in the sacks in a barn. The rats get a little bit of it but that’s about it. Right now cows are the biggest “other” I have to worry about. We transfer 4-6 sacks to a small trailer and shovel it. Cottonseed is easy to keep. I like the bags because it’s relatively easy for us to load up and move around.

03-09-2022, 02:14 PM	#23
Yelladog Ten Point Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Georgetown	Anywhere close to Georgetown to get bulk cottonseed? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03-09-2022, 02:44 PM	#24
TexasTK Ten Point Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Boerne Hunt In: Dimmit County & Beyond	Anybody built a covered cottonseed chute? I am thinking about building one 10'x30' w concrete floor & cinder block walls about 10' high. I load from this w tractor to back of my pickup.

03-09-2022, 03:30 PM	#28
TexasTK Ten Point Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Boerne Hunt In: Dimmit County & Beyond	OK,thx anyway. Will build roof high enough so truck can dump it on the concrete. Hard to scoop off bare ground w/o getting a bunch of dirt mixed in.

05-27-2022, 08:55 PM	#30
Ungawa Eight Point Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Williamson County Hunt In: Lampasas County	I grew up on a cotton farm we always held back a trailer load for cattle. we would put it on a 4 wheel trailer with open top and park the trailer in our tractor shed. As a kid I would play in the cotton seed digging tunnels. Cows thought that stuff was candy.