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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 1436925" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>You are right and if you consider the growth, consumption and quality of your forage you might be surprised to find there is no need to apply N to your pastures. Rainfall, especially during during thunderstorms, can give you around 12 lbs of N per acre for each inch of rain and if you have legumes like clover in your pastures which annually provide 90-120 lbs/acre of N you can meet all your nitrogen needs naturally. </p><p></p><p>The art is to grow just enough forage to meet the needs of your cattle while not letting the forage get rank so the cattle are constantly eating new growth. This, I think, is the basis behind intensive grazing but I think intensive grazing can be over rated if you are turning your cattle out on rank forages you've pushed to hard. This is why we hay the excess so the quality doesn't turn to filler and the cattle need to be fed because in doing this you are not only wasting money on fertilizer but are also having to spend money on feed supplements.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 1436925, member: 4362"] You are right and if you consider the growth, consumption and quality of your forage you might be surprised to find there is no need to apply N to your pastures. Rainfall, especially during during thunderstorms, can give you around 12 lbs of N per acre for each inch of rain and if you have legumes like clover in your pastures which annually provide 90-120 lbs/acre of N you can meet all your nitrogen needs naturally. The art is to grow just enough forage to meet the needs of your cattle while not letting the forage get rank so the cattle are constantly eating new growth. This, I think, is the basis behind intensive grazing but I think intensive grazing can be over rated if you are turning your cattle out on rank forages you've pushed to hard. This is why we hay the excess so the quality doesn't turn to filler and the cattle need to be fed because in doing this you are not only wasting money on fertilizer but are also having to spend money on feed supplements. [/QUOTE]
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