grazing alfalfa/grass hay field

[BryanM]

Is there any dangers in grazing an alalfa/grass hay field? With preg cows and calves? this fall

 

[turklilley]

I do it every year, my last cutting of the year gets grazed.

 

[TCRanch]

I'd suggest contacting your local or the closest Ohio State Extension, NCRS or even the Coop. We never let ours graze the alfalfa when we had it but a bull got out, didn't find him until the next morning & he ended up with a nasty case of bloat.

 

[Silver]

Our cows always take our last cut also. I like to wait until after the frost has killed it, but that seldom happens. If it's a grass / alfalfa mix the cows tend to do fine. It's not a bad idea to have an available dry hay bale available for them to self medicate on.

 

[BryanM]

so I have been letting the cows graze my alfalfa/orchard grass hay field for a few hours a day then take them off where they have accsses to dry hay. we did get a frost , do I need to worry about that or do I need to keep them off the hay field. I ask cause I have heard not to graze for a few days after a killing freeze. I am confused, what is considered a killing frost and do I need too even worry about it????