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<blockquote data-quote="RDFF" data-source="post: 1662943" data-attributes="member: 39018"><p>All very good comments. I think that it's critically important for us to devote as much time, thought, and effort (and some $ too) to growing HIGH QUALITY winter stockpiled forages as we normally are willing to devote to putting up something similar throughout the growing season, if you're ever going to be successful at it. It won't happen by "default", or on it's own, any more than high quality baled hay will happen on it's own. The forage has to be "staged" so that it's at optimum quality when it goes into dormancy from hard frost. And in our part of the country, you have to have some "tall forages" out there with the lower growing forages, to keep some "stubble" sticking up through the snow, so if it gets iced over, the ice is "perforated" so the cattle can graze down through it.</p><p></p><p>The animals should have as good of quality feed as you can accomplish (within practical financial constraints).... all year round, regardless of how that's done. Good quality doesn't mean "candy"... or even "outrageously high protein" or energy levels... it means achieving an appropriately BALANCED diet for their expected requirements. </p><p></p><p>Just my thoughts...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDFF, post: 1662943, member: 39018"] All very good comments. I think that it's critically important for us to devote as much time, thought, and effort (and some $ too) to growing HIGH QUALITY winter stockpiled forages as we normally are willing to devote to putting up something similar throughout the growing season, if you're ever going to be successful at it. It won't happen by "default", or on it's own, any more than high quality baled hay will happen on it's own. The forage has to be "staged" so that it's at optimum quality when it goes into dormancy from hard frost. And in our part of the country, you have to have some "tall forages" out there with the lower growing forages, to keep some "stubble" sticking up through the snow, so if it gets iced over, the ice is "perforated" so the cattle can graze down through it. The animals should have as good of quality feed as you can accomplish (within practical financial constraints).... all year round, regardless of how that's done. Good quality doesn't mean "candy"... or even "outrageously high protein" or energy levels... it means achieving an appropriately BALANCED diet for their expected requirements. Just my thoughts... [/QUOTE]
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