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<blockquote data-quote="City Guy" data-source="post: 1350891" data-attributes="member: 25547"><p>What I meant by the calf standing in tall grass was that the cow had missed it when she needed it the last month of gestation, sorry I didn't say it better. Of course she needs her best nutrition when she is lactating but that reinforces my point. Where is the good grass in February or March? Florida, maybe? OK great. Hawaii? great again. South Texas? Super!</p><p></p><p>And you are correct, I have not actually been on a ranch where mob grazing or stockpiling are practiced. But I have been around farms where it is NOT practiced and I don't like what I see. Skinny cattle eating poor quality hay in mud packed lots. I have traveled to ranches that buy 4-color shiny ads in the breed magazines and been so shocked at the down right filthy and dangerous conditions. I can support more cows on my lawn than some of these people can support on 10 acres of these outdoor gymnasiums they call pastures. Maybe I'd be just as disappointed with mob grazing outfits, but I doubt it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="City Guy, post: 1350891, member: 25547"] What I meant by the calf standing in tall grass was that the cow had missed it when she needed it the last month of gestation, sorry I didn't say it better. Of course she needs her best nutrition when she is lactating but that reinforces my point. Where is the good grass in February or March? Florida, maybe? OK great. Hawaii? great again. South Texas? Super! And you are correct, I have not actually been on a ranch where mob grazing or stockpiling are practiced. But I have been around farms where it is NOT practiced and I don't like what I see. Skinny cattle eating poor quality hay in mud packed lots. I have traveled to ranches that buy 4-color shiny ads in the breed magazines and been so shocked at the down right filthy and dangerous conditions. I can support more cows on my lawn than some of these people can support on 10 acres of these outdoor gymnasiums they call pastures. Maybe I'd be just as disappointed with mob grazing outfits, but I doubt it. [/QUOTE]
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