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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 241641" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>Can is the key word.</p><p></p><p>There is a lot of data out there about the great results supplementing (a pound or two per day) protein with mature grasses in the west and south. It seems to help digestion... I don't graze there so I have to take their word on it.</p><p></p><p>There is mixed data on supplementing energy on lush grasses. It can hurt digestion if you get into a starchy feed... Increasing gain of 0.50 to 0.75 pounds per day is commonly reported, but if you dig into it the best feed conversion is often about 9 to 11 lb/lb. You have to have a high value of gain or very inexpensive feed & labor to make this pencil out.</p><p></p><p>I am supplementing some grass yearlings this year as an experiment. They are gaining 2.9 lbs per day but I would have lost money doing this if the market had not come up the last 6 weeks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 241641, member: 1715"] Can is the key word. There is a lot of data out there about the great results supplementing (a pound or two per day) protein with mature grasses in the west and south. It seems to help digestion... I don't graze there so I have to take their word on it. There is mixed data on supplementing energy on lush grasses. It can hurt digestion if you get into a starchy feed... Increasing gain of 0.50 to 0.75 pounds per day is commonly reported, but if you dig into it the best feed conversion is often about 9 to 11 lb/lb. You have to have a high value of gain or very inexpensive feed & labor to make this pencil out. I am supplementing some grass yearlings this year as an experiment. They are gaining 2.9 lbs per day but I would have lost money doing this if the market had not come up the last 6 weeks. [/QUOTE]
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