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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1840221" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Cattle are notoriously poor foresters. Where I came from (AL/TN), and here in KY, as well, it is not uncommon for folks to 'run' cows in the woods. Figures I've seen from UofMO(I think), indicate that it takes 40 acres of 'woodland pasture' to produce enough forage to support one cow-calf pair, and in general, damage to the timber stand far outweighs any economic benefit you might derive from running your cows in that wooded area. </p><p>That said, if you're more oriented toward trying to convert that area back to pasture, even if over a multi-year period, than you are toward timber production... run the cows in there, feed hay (If you can) in there, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1840221, member: 12607"] Cattle are notoriously poor foresters. Where I came from (AL/TN), and here in KY, as well, it is not uncommon for folks to 'run' cows in the woods. Figures I've seen from UofMO(I think), indicate that it takes 40 acres of 'woodland pasture' to produce enough forage to support one cow-calf pair, and in general, damage to the timber stand far outweighs any economic benefit you might derive from running your cows in that wooded area. That said, if you're more oriented toward trying to convert that area back to pasture, even if over a multi-year period, than you are toward timber production... run the cows in there, feed hay (If you can) in there, etc. [/QUOTE]
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