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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 1085811" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>I had some bad luck earlier and have a rule to never graze corn before it is fully mature (acidosis or nitrate poisoning) and never again to run bred cows on standing corn (calves got too big and lots of trouble calving the next spring). I graze weaned calves only in the standing corn. I would like to use the cows as a cleanup crew behind the calves but have trouble with the logistics of that. Cows are at a different location.</p><p></p><p>In high yielding corn you must control the area open to graze at any given time. Cattle will trample 40 acres until they find every ear. Only when the easy ears are gone will they eat more husks and leaves and upper stalk. They do not limit the area when grazing standing corn in the Canadian prairies where the practice is fairly common. But that is very different corn from midwest US corn.</p><p></p><p>I use a 4 wheeler to run down corn across the long narrow strip I use then put up a hot wire. Gradually I move the wire forward usually between Christmas and late April when the get to the end of the corn, hopefully.</p><p></p><p>I only graze calves after weaning when they are in the 600-650 lb range. Maybe a few at 550 but I'm not sure smaller calves can handle the corn.</p><p></p><p>Bigfoot, I use a number of 250 steer grazing days per acre on my corn at around 175 bu. But that varies based on the size of the steers, how good the corn is, etc. You can get more days if you push them to eat more stalk but my goal is to finish these so I do not force them to eat a lot of the middle and lower stalks.</p><p></p><p>Happy New Year everyone.</p><p></p><p>Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 1085811, member: 7509"] I had some bad luck earlier and have a rule to never graze corn before it is fully mature (acidosis or nitrate poisoning) and never again to run bred cows on standing corn (calves got too big and lots of trouble calving the next spring). I graze weaned calves only in the standing corn. I would like to use the cows as a cleanup crew behind the calves but have trouble with the logistics of that. Cows are at a different location. In high yielding corn you must control the area open to graze at any given time. Cattle will trample 40 acres until they find every ear. Only when the easy ears are gone will they eat more husks and leaves and upper stalk. They do not limit the area when grazing standing corn in the Canadian prairies where the practice is fairly common. But that is very different corn from midwest US corn. I use a 4 wheeler to run down corn across the long narrow strip I use then put up a hot wire. Gradually I move the wire forward usually between Christmas and late April when the get to the end of the corn, hopefully. I only graze calves after weaning when they are in the 600-650 lb range. Maybe a few at 550 but I'm not sure smaller calves can handle the corn. Bigfoot, I use a number of 250 steer grazing days per acre on my corn at around 175 bu. But that varies based on the size of the steers, how good the corn is, etc. You can get more days if you push them to eat more stalk but my goal is to finish these so I do not force them to eat a lot of the middle and lower stalks. Happy New Year everyone. Jim [/QUOTE]
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