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<blockquote data-quote="novatech" data-source="post: 556342" data-attributes="member: 5494"><p>Sounds like you coud use some stockers.</p><p>My pastures are brown from lack of rain. I have plenty of reserve grass that the cattle are grazing. According to the splat test they are getting plenty of protein and show it in their BCS.</p><p>Back to the subject. I have done a little Googling since my last post and found the the 10% hay may be all the cattle would need. Lactating beef cattle do not need near as much protein as a dairy animal. The better test for hay would be TDN rather than just how much protein.</p><p>A couple of good articles;</p><p><a href="http://www.uvm.edu/livestock/beef/articles/VBN_Nov2003.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.uvm.edu/livestock/beef/artic ... ov2003.pdf</a></p><p><a href="http://www.extension.org/pages/What_Determines_the_Amount_of_Feed_Consumed_Daily_by_a_Cow" target="_blank">http://www.extension.org/pages/What_Det ... y_by_a_Cow</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="novatech, post: 556342, member: 5494"] Sounds like you coud use some stockers. My pastures are brown from lack of rain. I have plenty of reserve grass that the cattle are grazing. According to the splat test they are getting plenty of protein and show it in their BCS. Back to the subject. I have done a little Googling since my last post and found the the 10% hay may be all the cattle would need. Lactating beef cattle do not need near as much protein as a dairy animal. The better test for hay would be TDN rather than just how much protein. A couple of good articles; [url=http://www.uvm.edu/livestock/beef/articles/VBN_Nov2003.pdf]http://www.uvm.edu/livestock/beef/artic ... ov2003.pdf[/url] [url=http://www.extension.org/pages/What_Determines_the_Amount_of_Feed_Consumed_Daily_by_a_Cow]http://www.extension.org/pages/What_Det ... y_by_a_Cow[/url] [/QUOTE]
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