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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 15053"><p>>t My husband & I used to manage</p><p>> a 200 head cow/calf operation.</p><p>> They had lots of alfalfa</p><p>> throughout their rotational</p><p>> grazing fields. All the</p><p>> "men" were gone on a</p><p>> trip & I needed to change</p><p>> fields. I waited til noon (in</p><p>> September) to switch them to the</p><p>> new field which was mostly grasses</p><p>> but had a long thin strip of</p><p>> straight alfalfa. I went to lunch</p><p>> then decided to take some good</p><p>> cow/calf pictures. I had one dead,</p><p>> two down, & the majority of</p><p>> the rest bloated. I rounded up</p><p>> some construction crew, put all</p><p>> cattle in a holding pen, fed dry</p><p>> hay, tubed the worse ones</p><p>> (fortunately it worked!). Only</p><p>> lost the one that time, but</p><p>> another September day we lost a</p><p>> yearling. So, yes you can graze</p><p>> it, but be aware of the potential</p><p>> problem. Jeanne</p><p>> <A HREF="http://www.SimmeValley.com" TARGET="_blank">http://www.SimmeValley.com</A> the alfafa is about a foot tall,i don't know what strain it is , but i do know it was planted by a dairy farmer who cut it and fed it wet.do you think i should brush hog it first before i put the cows in ? i don't have a bailer , thank you for all thr responces. mark</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 15053"] >t My husband & I used to manage > a 200 head cow/calf operation. > They had lots of alfalfa > throughout their rotational > grazing fields. All the > "men" were gone on a > trip & I needed to change > fields. I waited til noon (in > September) to switch them to the > new field which was mostly grasses > but had a long thin strip of > straight alfalfa. I went to lunch > then decided to take some good > cow/calf pictures. I had one dead, > two down, & the majority of > the rest bloated. I rounded up > some construction crew, put all > cattle in a holding pen, fed dry > hay, tubed the worse ones > (fortunately it worked!). Only > lost the one that time, but > another September day we lost a > yearling. So, yes you can graze > it, but be aware of the potential > problem. Jeanne > <A HREF="http://www.SimmeValley.com" TARGET="_blank">http://www.SimmeValley.com</A> the alfafa is about a foot tall,i don't know what strain it is , but i do know it was planted by a dairy farmer who cut it and fed it wet.do you think i should brush hog it first before i put the cows in ? i don't have a bailer , thank you for all thr responces. mark [/QUOTE]
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