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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Reynolds" data-source="post: 1806296" data-attributes="member: 43196"><p>The value depends on the objectives you have and what you are accomplishing with the clipping. Clipping in mid May for you (I'm guessing) to remove seedheads will keep the grass plants growing for much longer into the season resulting in a considerable increase in available forage which means a variety of things. First, you need to feed less (considerably expensive) hay relative to grazing grass. Second, your animals will likely eat more meaning they will be heavier which means, Thrid, you will make more money at the sale barn. Between more grass per acre grazing (which makes grass cheaper if you consider expense cost by the acre), making more or buying more hay (added expense either way) heavier cows (more lb = more $$), I suspect producers who clip their pastures ( at a somewhat nominal cost) are more profitable than those that don't. The exception would be the producer who has an excess of pasture growth to begin with and does not mind if the growth rate of their grass does slow down due at least in part to seed head formation. For those select producers, you are correct, there really isn't value in cutting twice. Honest question here. Is OP one of those producers and are you one of those producers? You could be correct.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Reynolds, post: 1806296, member: 43196"] The value depends on the objectives you have and what you are accomplishing with the clipping. Clipping in mid May for you (I'm guessing) to remove seedheads will keep the grass plants growing for much longer into the season resulting in a considerable increase in available forage which means a variety of things. First, you need to feed less (considerably expensive) hay relative to grazing grass. Second, your animals will likely eat more meaning they will be heavier which means, Thrid, you will make more money at the sale barn. Between more grass per acre grazing (which makes grass cheaper if you consider expense cost by the acre), making more or buying more hay (added expense either way) heavier cows (more lb = more $$), I suspect producers who clip their pastures ( at a somewhat nominal cost) are more profitable than those that don't. The exception would be the producer who has an excess of pasture growth to begin with and does not mind if the growth rate of their grass does slow down due at least in part to seed head formation. For those select producers, you are correct, there really isn't value in cutting twice. Honest question here. Is OP one of those producers and are you one of those producers? You could be correct. [/QUOTE]
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