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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 629850" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>I lease one place that continuously grazed 28 yearling heifers the summer before I got it. No fertilizer, no cross fence, no clipping, no spraying... The renter drove by once in a while and threw a white salt block over the fence.</p><p>After three years, some single strand hi tensile, 40# of N per year, some clover seed, some spot spraying, and a lot of supplement - - I was up to 142 stockers on the same place. I think that pounds up to well over 300%, but that rate was on the high side of optimal even though corn and N were still cheap that year.</p><p>250% is doable for an average midwest Steve if you stick with it for a couple years (and it rains) . Stocking rates all go to zero if it gets dry enough. Sounds like I may be 50% away from being an expert! :banana:</p><p>I think the high stocking rate questions for a profit minded person are:</p><p>1) try to rent more ground?</p><p>2) provide more inputs and management while praying for rain?</p><p>3) or put the (some of) the money in the bank, buy the wife a new gun, and go hunting?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 629850, member: 1715"] I lease one place that continuously grazed 28 yearling heifers the summer before I got it. No fertilizer, no cross fence, no clipping, no spraying... The renter drove by once in a while and threw a white salt block over the fence. After three years, some single strand hi tensile, 40# of N per year, some clover seed, some spot spraying, and a lot of supplement - - I was up to 142 stockers on the same place. I think that pounds up to well over 300%, but that rate was on the high side of optimal even though corn and N were still cheap that year. 250% is doable for an average midwest Steve if you stick with it for a couple years (and it rains) . Stocking rates all go to zero if it gets dry enough. Sounds like I may be 50% away from being an expert! :banana: I think the high stocking rate questions for a profit minded person are: 1) try to rent more ground? 2) provide more inputs and management while praying for rain? 3) or put the (some of) the money in the bank, buy the wife a new gun, and go hunting? [/QUOTE]
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