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<blockquote data-quote="novatech" data-source="post: 722624" data-attributes="member: 5494"><p>Somehow somebody has given you the mistaken idea that cows are normally supplemented. I have no clue where you got that but where ever it or who it was had their head somewhere where it does not belong.</p><p>There are those that do feed supplement in the way of grain but it is a matter of choice by them. Supplement can just as easy be fed in the form of grass. Hay is grass. It can also be fed by way of legume hay. The protein levels of the forage hay must be high enough to sustain life. There are cows that can make it better on lower quality grass than others. Pics of this type of cow can be seen now on a couple of Knersies bulls he raised on the veld. </p><p>The fact that some people choose to feed some grain as a supplement has nothing to do with genetics.</p><p>In this part of the world I do not know of a single that supplements their cattle with grain. </p><p>The truth is that now you have better doing cattle than you did before. You just culled out the hard keepers.</p><p>I am willing to bet that if you selected calves from a feed lot and put them back on grass that the comparison between them on daily gain would remain the same.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="novatech, post: 722624, member: 5494"] Somehow somebody has given you the mistaken idea that cows are normally supplemented. I have no clue where you got that but where ever it or who it was had their head somewhere where it does not belong. There are those that do feed supplement in the way of grain but it is a matter of choice by them. Supplement can just as easy be fed in the form of grass. Hay is grass. It can also be fed by way of legume hay. The protein levels of the forage hay must be high enough to sustain life. There are cows that can make it better on lower quality grass than others. Pics of this type of cow can be seen now on a couple of Knersies bulls he raised on the veld. The fact that some people choose to feed some grain as a supplement has nothing to do with genetics. In this part of the world I do not know of a single that supplements their cattle with grain. The truth is that now you have better doing cattle than you did before. You just culled out the hard keepers. I am willing to bet that if you selected calves from a feed lot and put them back on grass that the comparison between them on daily gain would remain the same. [/QUOTE]
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