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Grazing/Nutrition question
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<blockquote data-quote="oscarsteve" data-source="post: 1407590" data-attributes="member: 23995"><p>When I started to let the cows limit graze (2-3 hours/day) the winter grazing (mostly annual ryegrass) around the first of the year I also had hay for them to eat because they really didn't have anything else to eat. They've been on free choice high mag minerals since the end of November or so. Now, the ryegrass is knee high and I'm rotating them through for about 7 hours/day. I've posted pictures of them grazing it in a couple of other discussions here on CT. From the looks of the manure it's plenty rich for them. Do I still need to have hay for them to eat when I get them off the ryegrass every afternoon? They can pick around and browse on some stuff but there still isn't much else yet. Shouldn't 7 hours, or a little more, be enough grazing time to meet their needs? Do they need the hay for extra roughage? Any danger in them not having access to hay or anything else? Any thoughts would be appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oscarsteve, post: 1407590, member: 23995"] When I started to let the cows limit graze (2-3 hours/day) the winter grazing (mostly annual ryegrass) around the first of the year I also had hay for them to eat because they really didn't have anything else to eat. They've been on free choice high mag minerals since the end of November or so. Now, the ryegrass is knee high and I'm rotating them through for about 7 hours/day. I've posted pictures of them grazing it in a couple of other discussions here on CT. From the looks of the manure it's plenty rich for them. Do I still need to have hay for them to eat when I get them off the ryegrass every afternoon? They can pick around and browse on some stuff but there still isn't much else yet. Shouldn't 7 hours, or a little more, be enough grazing time to meet their needs? Do they need the hay for extra roughage? Any danger in them not having access to hay or anything else? Any thoughts would be appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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