Whole fodder beet for cattle

[Henery]

Never fed it whole, 400 kg ish store cattle on herbal key silage so loads clover. could feed out of Bateman two in one troughs so about 6 inches of ground.
Always pulped beet in Keenan, which is getting on and don’t really want the cost of doing it.
How likely is choking ?
thanks.

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

Been feeding whole fodder beet all winter on the ground not had any problems
Cattle munch through it easy enough
Someone will be along to tell you it depends on the dry matter whether you need to chop or not but we find it unnecessary

 

[Cowmansam]

We feed hundreds of tonnes of it none ever choked

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Was feeding beet and spud and Swedes whole for over 50 years on the farm some years around 1000 ton never seen one choke . Some will say we been lucky

 

[davidroberts30]

Be fine

 

[betweenthelines]

Given the size of a fodder beet, is the OP being serious?

Hope he never gets a whole leg of lamb for Sunday lunch-he'd have to have a Doctor on stand by !