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1st pasture rotation this year & 3rd year clover (pics)
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<blockquote data-quote="agmantoo" data-source="post: 757487" data-attributes="member: 8973"><p>Jeanne</p><p></p><p>My cattle are fed stockpiled forage through the Winter. I feed no hay, no grain. The herd produces calves year round. Recent sale of feeder calves created a good price as the calves were in great condition. This method is a little rough on heifers but the mature cattle maintain good body condition all year long. About the worst body condition score with the heifers with calves will be in the low 5 range and they have no problem breeding back. I have more forage at this time of year than the cattle can consume. No, I do not think this forage is past maturity as the manure piles are still indicating a very high protein. It is dry here now. I am starting to stockpile forage in event we do not get adequate rain to carry me through the Summer. Come mid July we will normally start to suffer from lack of moisture and August will be even worse. Letting the forage grow to this height greatly reduces the growth of weeds and with the right animals they thrive without the costs associated with hay and grain. I also do not apply commercial fertilizer. I am not a newbie at doing this and I suggest you consider extending some of the methods into your operation if you are in the business for profit. Thanks for your interests. I thought I would share a pic from about a month ago so you could see some of the cattle from a different view. </p><p><img src="http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i237/agmantoo/IMG00201-20100422-1846-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="agmantoo, post: 757487, member: 8973"] Jeanne My cattle are fed stockpiled forage through the Winter. I feed no hay, no grain. The herd produces calves year round. Recent sale of feeder calves created a good price as the calves were in great condition. This method is a little rough on heifers but the mature cattle maintain good body condition all year long. About the worst body condition score with the heifers with calves will be in the low 5 range and they have no problem breeding back. I have more forage at this time of year than the cattle can consume. No, I do not think this forage is past maturity as the manure piles are still indicating a very high protein. It is dry here now. I am starting to stockpile forage in event we do not get adequate rain to carry me through the Summer. Come mid July we will normally start to suffer from lack of moisture and August will be even worse. Letting the forage grow to this height greatly reduces the growth of weeds and with the right animals they thrive without the costs associated with hay and grain. I also do not apply commercial fertilizer. I am not a newbie at doing this and I suggest you consider extending some of the methods into your operation if you are in the business for profit. Thanks for your interests. I thought I would share a pic from about a month ago so you could see some of the cattle from a different view. [img]http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i237/agmantoo/IMG00201-20100422-1846-1.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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