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<blockquote data-quote="Texan" data-source="post: 237886" data-attributes="member: 416"><p>This is not true for southern pasture grasses like Bermudagrass. I find that my Bermuda bounces back much quicker when I leave more leaf. Apparently, it's not true for rangeland, either:</p><p></p><p><em>"<strong>The philosophy that grazing can not hurt a drought stricken plant is erroneous. Good grazing management is even more critical in times of drought.</strong> Plants need as much leaf material present as possible in order to take advantage of any moisture that does occur to produce energy for its roots and basal buds. The less energy the plant is able to provide its roots the more vulnerable it becomes to the drought and to grazing."</em></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.wyorange.net/Drought/anperf.html" target="_blank">http://www.wyorange.net/Drought/anperf.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>But to answer the original question (kinda), I would <strong><em><u>strongly</u></em></strong> encourage you to sell cattle before you overgraze hard or feed hay this early. You can always buy cattle back if you have grass. Graze it down to the ground and you may be out of business for a long time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Texan, post: 237886, member: 416"] This is not true for southern pasture grasses like Bermudagrass. I find that my Bermuda bounces back much quicker when I leave more leaf. Apparently, it's not true for rangeland, either: [i]"[b]The philosophy that grazing can not hurt a drought stricken plant is erroneous. Good grazing management is even more critical in times of drought.[/b] Plants need as much leaf material present as possible in order to take advantage of any moisture that does occur to produce energy for its roots and basal buds. The less energy the plant is able to provide its roots the more vulnerable it becomes to the drought and to grazing."[/i] [url=http://www.wyorange.net/Drought/anperf.html]http://www.wyorange.net/Drought/anperf.html[/url] But to answer the original question (kinda), I would [b][i][u]strongly[/u][/i][/b][i][u][/u][/i][u][/u] encourage you to sell cattle before you overgraze hard or feed hay this early. You can always buy cattle back if you have grass. Graze it down to the ground and you may be out of business for a long time. [/QUOTE]
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