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<blockquote data-quote="Rydero" data-source="post: 1656689" data-attributes="member: 38101"><p>Not yet. Stockpile/swath grazing can get us through Nov&Dec but Jan&Feb are another animal. Standing corn could be the answer. Always tempted, but I spent several years building the organic matter and fertility in the field I'd do it on. Hard to bring myself to actually pull the trigger on mining it. </p><p></p><p>I know some who've done it in this area. One outfit in a big way for a few years who then went back to chopped corn silage. They talk about doing it again so I expect the numbers work. I suspect the fencing wasn't much fun at -30 or -40 and there were issues keeping the cattle where they wanted them when they got wise. I also heard to expect to ruin some cow's feet from constantly cutting themselves on the lower part of their legs.</p><p></p><p>Supplement protein, hold them in a small area to make them eat stocks. Pretty simple stuff. Even a modest 10 ton corn crop is a lot of feed. Huge bonus that it stays standing. Downside is it's high input/high stakes, you need a planter, better if you can spray it yourself - not good for your soil.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rydero, post: 1656689, member: 38101"] Not yet. Stockpile/swath grazing can get us through Nov&Dec but Jan&Feb are another animal. Standing corn could be the answer. Always tempted, but I spent several years building the organic matter and fertility in the field I'd do it on. Hard to bring myself to actually pull the trigger on mining it. I know some who've done it in this area. One outfit in a big way for a few years who then went back to chopped corn silage. They talk about doing it again so I expect the numbers work. I suspect the fencing wasn't much fun at -30 or -40 and there were issues keeping the cattle where they wanted them when they got wise. I also heard to expect to ruin some cow's feet from constantly cutting themselves on the lower part of their legs. Supplement protein, hold them in a small area to make them eat stocks. Pretty simple stuff. Even a modest 10 ton corn crop is a lot of feed. Huge bonus that it stays standing. Downside is it's high input/high stakes, you need a planter, better if you can spray it yourself - not good for your soil. [/QUOTE]
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