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<blockquote data-quote="novatech" data-source="post: 587786" data-attributes="member: 5494"><p>In reality I do not see the selectivity as much in my cattle as what a lot of people claim. During the day they will roam through the pasture eating what is in front of them, except for some select weeds. They may be on clover one part of the day and later on stockpiled forage, or even take a tour through the woods eating leaves off the trees. I have some areas with no clover but native rye. Every thing seems to be grazed equally. I have planted clover in strips in pastures before. Maybe only one strip in a pasture with a no till. I do this to get it established. I have never seen the cattle graze these strips out. They have been allowed to go to seed. A couple of years latter it has spread through out the pasture. I have had pastures of pure clover and fed out low quality hay just to plug up the cows. If they would eat the crappy hay it seems as though they would also go into grass planted in strips planted next to strip grown clover. </p><p>Don't get me wrong on this. I am in no way suggesting planting in strips. I'm just saying it is not dumb as far as getting it established. Their specific needs can be addressed if one so desires. Personally I prefer the mix throughout the pasture. In fact I am planting a mix today myself. I can do this because I now have a no till with three separate boxes. With a broad cast spreader I had to do this with 3 separate passes. If I put them together they tend to segregate with the smaller seed going to the bottom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="novatech, post: 587786, member: 5494"] In reality I do not see the selectivity as much in my cattle as what a lot of people claim. During the day they will roam through the pasture eating what is in front of them, except for some select weeds. They may be on clover one part of the day and later on stockpiled forage, or even take a tour through the woods eating leaves off the trees. I have some areas with no clover but native rye. Every thing seems to be grazed equally. I have planted clover in strips in pastures before. Maybe only one strip in a pasture with a no till. I do this to get it established. I have never seen the cattle graze these strips out. They have been allowed to go to seed. A couple of years latter it has spread through out the pasture. I have had pastures of pure clover and fed out low quality hay just to plug up the cows. If they would eat the crappy hay it seems as though they would also go into grass planted in strips planted next to strip grown clover. Don't get me wrong on this. I am in no way suggesting planting in strips. I'm just saying it is not dumb as far as getting it established. Their specific needs can be addressed if one so desires. Personally I prefer the mix throughout the pasture. In fact I am planting a mix today myself. I can do this because I now have a no till with three separate boxes. With a broad cast spreader I had to do this with 3 separate passes. If I put them together they tend to segregate with the smaller seed going to the bottom. [/QUOTE]
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