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<blockquote data-quote="kenny thomas" data-source="post: 1458595" data-attributes="member: 8993"><p>I'm not an expert but here is how I do it. I have aprox 20 acres stockpiled right now. In my normal rotation I had extra grass all summer but in August I grazed these areas for the month trying to get the grass fairly short. During this time the other pastures got a longer rest than usual and grew a lot. Once I got the 20 acres grazed down somewhat I removed the cows and spread 52 units of Urea per acre. with good rain it should graze 35 cows for 45 days I think. </p><p> I still have a month or so of grazing on the rested pastures and if I will feed some hay in December while the ground is still firm. Much easier on me and the cows to feed hay in December than February. The neighbor next door has several acres of corn to pick and I will try to talk him into letting me graze the stalks also. If I get that I will feed very little unless it snows.</p><p> Some say I am under stocked with 25 cows on 45 acres but in trade for not having to put up and feed a lot of hay I think my profit is near the same. I have 10 cows on a neighbors farm that I will bring home in January and winter also. Keeping those cows at the neighbors for 9 months cost me taking a bull with them to breed my cows and 10 of his. Pretty good deal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kenny thomas, post: 1458595, member: 8993"] I'm not an expert but here is how I do it. I have aprox 20 acres stockpiled right now. In my normal rotation I had extra grass all summer but in August I grazed these areas for the month trying to get the grass fairly short. During this time the other pastures got a longer rest than usual and grew a lot. Once I got the 20 acres grazed down somewhat I removed the cows and spread 52 units of Urea per acre. with good rain it should graze 35 cows for 45 days I think. I still have a month or so of grazing on the rested pastures and if I will feed some hay in December while the ground is still firm. Much easier on me and the cows to feed hay in December than February. The neighbor next door has several acres of corn to pick and I will try to talk him into letting me graze the stalks also. If I get that I will feed very little unless it snows. Some say I am under stocked with 25 cows on 45 acres but in trade for not having to put up and feed a lot of hay I think my profit is near the same. I have 10 cows on a neighbors farm that I will bring home in January and winter also. Keeping those cows at the neighbors for 9 months cost me taking a bull with them to breed my cows and 10 of his. Pretty good deal. [/QUOTE]
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