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<blockquote data-quote="cmf1" data-source="post: 757636" data-attributes="member: 6681"><p>Richard,</p><p>I'm over around Livingston so I feel your pain on the rain deal.</p><p>Three years ago I had the almost identical situation to what you have now, with a bull and backed down to 4 cows.</p><p>I took those three paddocks and turned them into 10 paddocks and added cows.</p><p>I'm running 8 fat cows, the calves and the bull on the same area and not fretting the grass.</p><p>Barring a summer long drought I'll be adding two more mommas soon.</p><p>I've been amazed at the edible forage they can find now that I limited the area they have to look for it in.</p><p>I move them every 2-3 days and my grass has never been in better shape but it's still not where I want it to be.</p><p>But I'm finding I can renovate the smaller paddocks 1 at a time a lot easier and not so much forage is taken out of rotation when I do one. </p><p>I've completely eliminated buying grain,(except a little at weaning) and I'm trying to get to the point where I use a lot less or almost no hay.</p><p>Granted, fencing and water lines ain't cheap, but no bought feed and a big reduction in hay costs and having fat cows on grass recovers a lot of the cost year to year.</p><p>I may even cut some of the paddocks again with electric.</p><p>May not work for you but it's been a real eye opener for me so far.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cmf1, post: 757636, member: 6681"] Richard, I'm over around Livingston so I feel your pain on the rain deal. Three years ago I had the almost identical situation to what you have now, with a bull and backed down to 4 cows. I took those three paddocks and turned them into 10 paddocks and added cows. I'm running 8 fat cows, the calves and the bull on the same area and not fretting the grass. Barring a summer long drought I'll be adding two more mommas soon. I've been amazed at the edible forage they can find now that I limited the area they have to look for it in. I move them every 2-3 days and my grass has never been in better shape but it's still not where I want it to be. But I'm finding I can renovate the smaller paddocks 1 at a time a lot easier and not so much forage is taken out of rotation when I do one. I've completely eliminated buying grain,(except a little at weaning) and I'm trying to get to the point where I use a lot less or almost no hay. Granted, fencing and water lines ain't cheap, but no bought feed and a big reduction in hay costs and having fat cows on grass recovers a lot of the cost year to year. I may even cut some of the paddocks again with electric. May not work for you but it's been a real eye opener for me so far. [/QUOTE]
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