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<blockquote data-quote="robert" data-source="post: 1048930" data-attributes="member: 9171"><p>we do, I'm not trying to use this forum as a sales pitch but we raise our cattle in exactly the same way you are describing, grass (through mig and rotational grazing) and hay. Heifers that don't get bred or are rejected from the breeding program are easily finished off grass at 17 to 20 months of age, we'll usually hit them with shell corn for the last 30 to 45 days just because our customers prefer corn fed beef but it is not necessary from a finishing point of view. We have great demand for our steer calves so they leave as weaned/vaccinated/backgrounded in the fall. Most of them are being finished for natural beef programs in New England. Personally I think the 1100 lb cow in the northeast is a myth unless you absolutely suck all the growth out of them, our pastures are usually too lush, too abundant for cows not to mature into 1300 - 1400lb cows. Disposition, fertility, do-ability and marketability. After that it's all gravy. From your description you've got to be up near the edge of the tughill, Oneida county area?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robert, post: 1048930, member: 9171"] we do, I'm not trying to use this forum as a sales pitch but we raise our cattle in exactly the same way you are describing, grass (through mig and rotational grazing) and hay. Heifers that don't get bred or are rejected from the breeding program are easily finished off grass at 17 to 20 months of age, we'll usually hit them with shell corn for the last 30 to 45 days just because our customers prefer corn fed beef but it is not necessary from a finishing point of view. We have great demand for our steer calves so they leave as weaned/vaccinated/backgrounded in the fall. Most of them are being finished for natural beef programs in New England. Personally I think the 1100 lb cow in the northeast is a myth unless you absolutely suck all the growth out of them, our pastures are usually too lush, too abundant for cows not to mature into 1300 - 1400lb cows. Disposition, fertility, do-ability and marketability. After that it's all gravy. From your description you've got to be up near the edge of the tughill, Oneida county area? [/QUOTE]
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