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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 250801" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>1) My grain supplements vary greatly in cost. With the more expensive ones (that I do not buy anymore), it would be cheaper to get some of the gain later on grass vs. all of the gain on expensive winter feed.</p><p>2) If you own them all along then an "optimzer" might try to hit butcher weight at a seasonal peak.</p><p>3) Some studies went to extremes - - stunting animals with very low winter rations or reducing ADG on grass with sloppy fat animals. So feed conversion seems to be effected in these cases.</p><p>4) Some folks are thinking "grass is free" so why feed more than cheap hay and snow balls in the winter...</p><p>5) Some folks understock during the spring flush so additional consumption or additional animals is good for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 250801, member: 1715"] 1) My grain supplements vary greatly in cost. With the more expensive ones (that I do not buy anymore), it would be cheaper to get some of the gain later on grass vs. all of the gain on expensive winter feed. 2) If you own them all along then an "optimzer" might try to hit butcher weight at a seasonal peak. 3) Some studies went to extremes - - stunting animals with very low winter rations or reducing ADG on grass with sloppy fat animals. So feed conversion seems to be effected in these cases. 4) Some folks are thinking "grass is free" so why feed more than cheap hay and snow balls in the winter... 5) Some folks understock during the spring flush so additional consumption or additional animals is good for them. [/QUOTE]
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