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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 1718784" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>Extended grazing season is not the goal, but low cost/cow day grazing on the Northern Plains is. So you need to have tool(s) for each season:</p><p></p><p>1) Adjust stocking rate seasonally:</p><p></p><p>Guys with free or cheap land can just reduce the cow stocking rate. Guys with short term stockers over can sell them in July or August. Guys with replacement heifers can sell them in November or December.</p><p></p><p>2) Stockpile (6 to 8 weeks) fall forage in late August and September and early October:</p><p></p><p>- Guys with all sod are limited, but there are still options to supplement cows in late August and September when you are growing the October and November stockpile. Here the beet plants open in August and there is not much demand for byproduct. Or you can roll up some wet hay (since it will not dry much in the fall) every two to three days. You will start seeing some refusal on day three.</p><p></p><p>- Guys with crop able land have more options. The gurus like to babble about inter seeding crop land (because that is where the wealth is) but they often leave a couple things out. One is (our short) growing season. Another is that they can afford to fly on (rye) seed in some I states because they get a per acre payment. Been there, done all of that, not my fav.</p><p></p><p>- Guys who renovate improved pastures have some minimum till options that will start to prep your seed bed. I have been messing a lot in this area. Still a work in process but these are options that may work for you:</p><p></p><p>- Take one grazing or cut and then burn it down. Come back with a millet or sorghum sudan based mix in June.</p><p></p><p>- Take several grazings or cuts and then burn it down. Come back with an oats based mix in August.</p><p></p><p>3) Start grazing (2 weeks) earlier</p><p></p><p>Sod guys can NOT graze some acres in the fall. Soybean guys can grow some rye.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 1718784, member: 1715"] Extended grazing season is not the goal, but low cost/cow day grazing on the Northern Plains is. So you need to have tool(s) for each season: 1) Adjust stocking rate seasonally: Guys with free or cheap land can just reduce the cow stocking rate. Guys with short term stockers over can sell them in July or August. Guys with replacement heifers can sell them in November or December. 2) Stockpile (6 to 8 weeks) fall forage in late August and September and early October: - Guys with all sod are limited, but there are still options to supplement cows in late August and September when you are growing the October and November stockpile. Here the beet plants open in August and there is not much demand for byproduct. Or you can roll up some wet hay (since it will not dry much in the fall) every two to three days. You will start seeing some refusal on day three. - Guys with crop able land have more options. The gurus like to babble about inter seeding crop land (because that is where the wealth is) but they often leave a couple things out. One is (our short) growing season. Another is that they can afford to fly on (rye) seed in some I states because they get a per acre payment. Been there, done all of that, not my fav. - Guys who renovate improved pastures have some minimum till options that will start to prep your seed bed. I have been messing a lot in this area. Still a work in process but these are options that may work for you: - Take one grazing or cut and then burn it down. Come back with a millet or sorghum sudan based mix in June. - Take several grazings or cuts and then burn it down. Come back with an oats based mix in August. 3) Start grazing (2 weeks) earlier Sod guys can NOT graze some acres in the fall. Soybean guys can grow some rye. [/QUOTE]
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