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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 1567165" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>Goal is a high stocking rate and an extended grazing season w/o spending a lot of $$$. We have a very pronounced spring flush in the north, so this does take some effort:</p><p></p><p>Don't need more pasture forage in the spring, so I let it grow. It usually trampled or swath grazed in late spring. Cattle will slick up fresh mineral rich thistle if it is pre bloom, crimped, and mixed in the swath with some sweet stuff. :nod: I think this is more effective than clipping after grazing. If you swath too much at once they will start to graze around the swaths after a couple days.</p><p></p><p>We do need more pasture forage in the fall. I have some hay ground 1.5 miles away - - where I wet bale every couple days in early fall and haul back to supplement my pasture. I think this is more effective than buying an inline wrapper. Wet bales will start to spoil in two to three days. </p><p></p><p>Minnesota Method:</p><p>- Swath graze weedy paddocks in June.</p><p>- Graze wet legume/grass mix bales in late August and September.</p><p>- Go hunting while they graze standing stockpile in October and November.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 1567165, member: 1715"] Goal is a high stocking rate and an extended grazing season w/o spending a lot of $$$. We have a very pronounced spring flush in the north, so this does take some effort: Don't need more pasture forage in the spring, so I let it grow. It usually trampled or swath grazed in late spring. Cattle will slick up fresh mineral rich thistle if it is pre bloom, crimped, and mixed in the swath with some sweet stuff. :nod: I think this is more effective than clipping after grazing. If you swath too much at once they will start to graze around the swaths after a couple days. We do need more pasture forage in the fall. I have some hay ground 1.5 miles away - - where I wet bale every couple days in early fall and haul back to supplement my pasture. I think this is more effective than buying an inline wrapper. Wet bales will start to spoil in two to three days. Minnesota Method: - Swath graze weedy paddocks in June. - Graze wet legume/grass mix bales in late August and September. - Go hunting while they graze standing stockpile in October and November. [/QUOTE]
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