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Do your cows eat GRASS??
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<blockquote data-quote="MikeC" data-source="post: 328283" data-attributes="member: 1604"><p>Personally, I have never seen a bovine who couldn't survive and thrive on grass. Some do it better than others but they all can thrive on ample forage. The same goes for grain fed cattle. Some do poorer than others. Those animals should be culled from either program.</p><p></p><p>With the population increasing rapidly and "pastures" giving way to shopping centers, malls, and interstate highways, plus the fact that ethanol production will take previously used pasture and/or grazing land from cattle production, we should all assess our herds for what fits our area the best.</p><p></p><p>When Real Property prices elevate to the point that it is cheaper to dry lot animals than it is to pasture them (in some places this is true today) we must move to the appropriate position, whichever the direction is.</p><p></p><p>It is not possible to fatten the entire American slaughter cattle herd on grass. There is simply not enough pastureland available.</p><p></p><p>Grass and grain both have their place in the U.S. cattle industry, as to the extent of which one or the other........ is up to the individual cattle owner.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeC, post: 328283, member: 1604"] Personally, I have never seen a bovine who couldn't survive and thrive on grass. Some do it better than others but they all can thrive on ample forage. The same goes for grain fed cattle. Some do poorer than others. Those animals should be culled from either program. With the population increasing rapidly and "pastures" giving way to shopping centers, malls, and interstate highways, plus the fact that ethanol production will take previously used pasture and/or grazing land from cattle production, we should all assess our herds for what fits our area the best. When Real Property prices elevate to the point that it is cheaper to dry lot animals than it is to pasture them (in some places this is true today) we must move to the appropriate position, whichever the direction is. It is not possible to fatten the entire American slaughter cattle herd on grass. There is simply not enough pastureland available. Grass and grain both have their place in the U.S. cattle industry, as to the extent of which one or the other........ is up to the individual cattle owner. [/QUOTE]
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