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<blockquote data-quote="fargus" data-source="post: 711329" data-attributes="member: 13480"><p>We've bale grazed, but it is modified from what you guys can do out in Stratton and the upper midwest States. I'll dump 3-4 days worth of feed on top of the snow, cut the strings and walk away. The goal is to get the cows to fill up a couple of times, and then let 'em go hungry for the last half day. It forces them to go back and pick through what they trampled down and eat as much as possible. Once you get them trained they don't waste any more than they do in the yard. Next time I go to feed I move to another patch of field.</p><p></p><p>We do it this way so if the weather turns really wet and mucky I can feed the girls in the barn. It cuts our costs (less straw, less manure to spread in spring, same amount of feed) I prefer that to baling and leaving the hay sit, we get enough rain that putting it in a hay shed cuts our waste down considerably. We still get a mat of decomposing stuff in the spring, but it will regenerate within a year and is far more productive than the bluegrass that was there before. Moving the cows through your rotation fast makes a difference too... if they're only in for a day or two before moving on they don't damage the newly established forages.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fargus, post: 711329, member: 13480"] We've bale grazed, but it is modified from what you guys can do out in Stratton and the upper midwest States. I'll dump 3-4 days worth of feed on top of the snow, cut the strings and walk away. The goal is to get the cows to fill up a couple of times, and then let 'em go hungry for the last half day. It forces them to go back and pick through what they trampled down and eat as much as possible. Once you get them trained they don't waste any more than they do in the yard. Next time I go to feed I move to another patch of field. We do it this way so if the weather turns really wet and mucky I can feed the girls in the barn. It cuts our costs (less straw, less manure to spread in spring, same amount of feed) I prefer that to baling and leaving the hay sit, we get enough rain that putting it in a hay shed cuts our waste down considerably. We still get a mat of decomposing stuff in the spring, but it will regenerate within a year and is far more productive than the bluegrass that was there before. Moving the cows through your rotation fast makes a difference too... if they're only in for a day or two before moving on they don't damage the newly established forages. [/QUOTE]
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