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<blockquote data-quote="agmantoo" data-source="post: 876826" data-attributes="member: 8973"><p>With snow no deeper than 6 to 8 inches or just an ice crust over the snow my cattle will take their muzzle and push the snow aside and graze the stockpiled fescue underneath. My pastures are impacted by drought as all are. One thing that I have noticed is that the impact is slower in setting in and that I can feed at least two months longer from onset of a drought than what my neighbors that do conventional grazing can feed. In 2003 we had drought sufficient enough that drought relief was implemented but I was not impacted and required no hay. The 2007/2008 drought was a different situation and it hit me hard.</p><p>Pic from 2009 with the cattle eating stockpiled fescue under light snow</p><p><img src="http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i237/agmantoo/Winter%20Summer/IMG00663.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Pic of what is under the snow</p><p><img src="http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i237/agmantoo/Winter%20Summer/Miscpics021.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="agmantoo, post: 876826, member: 8973"] With snow no deeper than 6 to 8 inches or just an ice crust over the snow my cattle will take their muzzle and push the snow aside and graze the stockpiled fescue underneath. My pastures are impacted by drought as all are. One thing that I have noticed is that the impact is slower in setting in and that I can feed at least two months longer from onset of a drought than what my neighbors that do conventional grazing can feed. In 2003 we had drought sufficient enough that drought relief was implemented but I was not impacted and required no hay. The 2007/2008 drought was a different situation and it hit me hard. Pic from 2009 with the cattle eating stockpiled fescue under light snow [img]http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i237/agmantoo/Winter%20Summer/IMG00663.jpg[/img] Pic of what is under the snow [img]http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i237/agmantoo/Winter%20Summer/Miscpics021.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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