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<blockquote data-quote="RDFF" data-source="post: 1817753" data-attributes="member: 39018"><p>My suggestion would be, in a drought, graze taller, more mature grass, and never put them on a pasture until it's ready for them... it's easier to feed hay in summer than it is in winter... pull them off the pasture onto an adequately sized "sacrifice lot" whenever its necessary and allow those pastures to recover for as long as it takes... We are in a D4+ drought here now... will be feeding hay until it rains and the pasture recovers on the one herd that is "overstocked". On my bigger herd, I've been managing for anticipated drought since spring thaw, I'm running more animals than I ever have on the same pasture, and I've still got at least a month ahead of them, even if we don't get any rain till it freezes... but I'm sure hoping that we get some rain!!!!!! Part of what has been helping my pastures to maintain growth through the drought is that I fed cattle by unrolling hay all winter across them... 400+ bales on about 140 acres.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDFF, post: 1817753, member: 39018"] My suggestion would be, in a drought, graze taller, more mature grass, and never put them on a pasture until it's ready for them... it's easier to feed hay in summer than it is in winter... pull them off the pasture onto an adequately sized "sacrifice lot" whenever its necessary and allow those pastures to recover for as long as it takes... We are in a D4+ drought here now... will be feeding hay until it rains and the pasture recovers on the one herd that is "overstocked". On my bigger herd, I've been managing for anticipated drought since spring thaw, I'm running more animals than I ever have on the same pasture, and I've still got at least a month ahead of them, even if we don't get any rain till it freezes... but I'm sure hoping that we get some rain!!!!!! Part of what has been helping my pastures to maintain growth through the drought is that I fed cattle by unrolling hay all winter across them... 400+ bales on about 140 acres. [/QUOTE]
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