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<blockquote data-quote="RDFF" data-source="post: 1795701" data-attributes="member: 39018"><p>I generally don't use a "back fence" on my strips, other than when I fence them OUT of a strip once I've completed a pass across it... which typically is 3 days or less. In my system, they need to be able go back to the "starting end" of the strip to access the water there in the headland. However, they seldom graze at all on "yesterday's break" if you're moving them every day. They'll always prefer to be GRAZING on the fresh grass, because those ungrazed tips of the blades are the most succulent and nutritious... highest brix. If you leave them on it long enough for the grazed grass to begin to recover, that new regrowth shoots will be the most succulent and nutritious with the highest brix though. That's why in continuous grazing, they'll end up "selectively grazing", and you'll end up with areas that get mature, and areas that are nipped completely to the ground. And they'll avoid the "less succulent" plants... so you'll end up with "weeds". My cattle will eat thistles, burdoc, pigweed, giant ragweed... most anything, as long as it's "young".</p><p></p><p>So I will have TWO limit wires out ahead of them all the time... I'll have today's limit wire across the strip at the leading end of the strip ahead of them, and then I will also put TOMORROW'S limit polywire out beyond that one. When I pull the limit wire to let them into the next day's break, I will automatically move it out in front to be used as TOMORROW'S break limit wire. That way, when I go out, all I have to do is roll up 215' of poly to let them into today's break, and install 215' for tomorrow's break... there's always two wires out ahead of 'em if they should ever break through for some reason (don't think I've ever had that happen though honestly... when you're moving them all the time, they're pretty content to wait for you to show up, and never hungry).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDFF, post: 1795701, member: 39018"] I generally don't use a "back fence" on my strips, other than when I fence them OUT of a strip once I've completed a pass across it... which typically is 3 days or less. In my system, they need to be able go back to the "starting end" of the strip to access the water there in the headland. However, they seldom graze at all on "yesterday's break" if you're moving them every day. They'll always prefer to be GRAZING on the fresh grass, because those ungrazed tips of the blades are the most succulent and nutritious... highest brix. If you leave them on it long enough for the grazed grass to begin to recover, that new regrowth shoots will be the most succulent and nutritious with the highest brix though. That's why in continuous grazing, they'll end up "selectively grazing", and you'll end up with areas that get mature, and areas that are nipped completely to the ground. And they'll avoid the "less succulent" plants... so you'll end up with "weeds". My cattle will eat thistles, burdoc, pigweed, giant ragweed... most anything, as long as it's "young". So I will have TWO limit wires out ahead of them all the time... I'll have today's limit wire across the strip at the leading end of the strip ahead of them, and then I will also put TOMORROW'S limit polywire out beyond that one. When I pull the limit wire to let them into the next day's break, I will automatically move it out in front to be used as TOMORROW'S break limit wire. That way, when I go out, all I have to do is roll up 215' of poly to let them into today's break, and install 215' for tomorrow's break... there's always two wires out ahead of 'em if they should ever break through for some reason (don't think I've ever had that happen though honestly... when you're moving them all the time, they're pretty content to wait for you to show up, and never hungry). [/QUOTE]
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