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1st pasture rotation this year & 3rd year clover (pics)
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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 757756" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>Here are a couple pictures of the next change showing the difference in grass after about 80 cow days of grazing. I could have let them graze it down a bit more to maybe 100 cow days but this time of year I don't want to graze the grass too short. I also want to move them through faster so other paddocks don't get ahead of us and over-mature.</p><p></p><p>Here are a couple pictures. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab336/SRBeef/IMG_0629_grassdifferenceafterabout8.jpg?t=1273885673" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>For reference the second photo is about the same spot as the first but about 2-1/2 days earlier.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab336/SRBeef/IMG_0578_some_spring_calves_in_firs.jpg?t=1273885737" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Some of the cows and heifers get to know when I am going to give them some fresh grass and come and wait for me to roll up the aluminum back wire.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab336/SRBeef/IMG_0640_somecowsandheiferswaitingf.jpg?t=1273885774" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Then they file around the end and put their heads down in the fresh grass and clover. This really makes good use of the grass. The cows keep the weeds down and distribute the fertilizer fairly well too. I'll drag this paddock after the rotation to the far end and there will be little manure showing - and avoidance circles - by the next time through in 30 days or so.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab336/SRBeef/IMG_0647_cowsandheifersonfreshgrass.jpg?t=1273885831" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>After getting to the trees in the distance the herd shifts to the paddock on the right - other side of the hotwired lane and works their way back towards the camera. When they get to the other paddock I close off this one and drag it.</p><p></p><p>April Calves should start growing well on mama's milk. Many of the calves are grazing a bit already themselves. FWIW Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 757756, member: 7509"] Here are a couple pictures of the next change showing the difference in grass after about 80 cow days of grazing. I could have let them graze it down a bit more to maybe 100 cow days but this time of year I don't want to graze the grass too short. I also want to move them through faster so other paddocks don't get ahead of us and over-mature. Here are a couple pictures. [img]http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab336/SRBeef/IMG_0629_grassdifferenceafterabout8.jpg?t=1273885673[/img] For reference the second photo is about the same spot as the first but about 2-1/2 days earlier. [img]http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab336/SRBeef/IMG_0578_some_spring_calves_in_firs.jpg?t=1273885737[/img] Some of the cows and heifers get to know when I am going to give them some fresh grass and come and wait for me to roll up the aluminum back wire. [img]http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab336/SRBeef/IMG_0640_somecowsandheiferswaitingf.jpg?t=1273885774[/img] Then they file around the end and put their heads down in the fresh grass and clover. This really makes good use of the grass. The cows keep the weeds down and distribute the fertilizer fairly well too. I'll drag this paddock after the rotation to the far end and there will be little manure showing - and avoidance circles - by the next time through in 30 days or so. [img]http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab336/SRBeef/IMG_0647_cowsandheifersonfreshgrass.jpg?t=1273885831[/img] After getting to the trees in the distance the herd shifts to the paddock on the right - other side of the hotwired lane and works their way back towards the camera. When they get to the other paddock I close off this one and drag it. April Calves should start growing well on mama's milk. Many of the calves are grazing a bit already themselves. FWIW Jim [/QUOTE]
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