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<blockquote data-quote="Supa Dexta" data-source="post: 1359389" data-attributes="member: 23321"><p>I typically cut grass a week or 2 tops after the dairy guys start in the spring - and they cut as early as they can. My grass is good, and the cows come out of hard winters in good shape on it. Leaving hay to grow may get you more of it, but you lose feed value - so there's a fine balance of picking the right time. Baleage also 'keeps the good in' it, if you make it at the right time to begin with. My hay itself is usually made right, but typically sits outside for the last of summer and fall, so losses are more than I like. Usually by late october I'm starting to feed. </p><p></p><p>Here's a couple pics of how they do - nose pump pic is january after a couple of months on hay alone, other is beginning calving late march. So they typically come out of a long winter not looking too badly (fed nov- til near june typically). </p><p></p><p><img src="https://s18.postimg.io/jhwxt26ah/IMG_2254.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://s22.postimg.io/5ziyrz3tt/20150401_112827.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Supa Dexta, post: 1359389, member: 23321"] I typically cut grass a week or 2 tops after the dairy guys start in the spring - and they cut as early as they can. My grass is good, and the cows come out of hard winters in good shape on it. Leaving hay to grow may get you more of it, but you lose feed value - so there's a fine balance of picking the right time. Baleage also 'keeps the good in' it, if you make it at the right time to begin with. My hay itself is usually made right, but typically sits outside for the last of summer and fall, so losses are more than I like. Usually by late october I'm starting to feed. Here's a couple pics of how they do - nose pump pic is january after a couple of months on hay alone, other is beginning calving late march. So they typically come out of a long winter not looking too badly (fed nov- til near june typically). [img]https://s18.postimg.io/jhwxt26ah/IMG_2254.jpg[/img] [img]https://s22.postimg.io/5ziyrz3tt/20150401_112827.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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