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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1212021" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>The calves will eat about 3% of their body weight a day in dry matter. A good ball park figure to use is that there is 350 pounds of dry matter per acre inch of good healthy forage. So figure the number of calves and their average weight times 3% to figure the amount of dry matter per day. Then how many inches of useable forage there is per acre. It will give you a decent ball park figure. From there it is a matter of watching the calves and the grass so you can adjust.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1212021, member: 498"] The calves will eat about 3% of their body weight a day in dry matter. A good ball park figure to use is that there is 350 pounds of dry matter per acre inch of good healthy forage. So figure the number of calves and their average weight times 3% to figure the amount of dry matter per day. Then how many inches of useable forage there is per acre. It will give you a decent ball park figure. From there it is a matter of watching the calves and the grass so you can adjust. [/QUOTE]
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