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<blockquote data-quote="Richardin52" data-source="post: 1127297" data-attributes="member: 18391"><p>As you know grass grows fast in the spring then slows during the middle part of the summer, then picks up again in the fall.</p><p></p><p>I would plan on moving the cattle over as much area as you can in the spring without letting them take it down too low. If they take the tops off the grass this will delay the grass from forming heads helping it stay in stage two growth longer. </p><p></p><p>If you wait too long getting them started you may have a very short time before your grass starts forming heads which slows grass growth. For that reason I start my cows a little sooner but move them once in the morning and once in the evening.</p><p></p><p>What I do is hit as much area as I can in the spring clipping the tops then go back to the starting point and do a spring rotation in one area. Once the summer slump starts and the spring rotation area is not regaining enough growth. I take them off the spring rotation area and put them into tall grass. I call this my summer slump area.</p><p></p><p>They will knock a lot down, more than they eat sometimes, but this tall grass has a big roots and the mulch layer they make mixed with manure and pee will do a few things. </p><p></p><p>First tall grass has a lot of reserves in the root and this will push new growth, second the mulch will help protect the soil from both summer heat and fall freezing. Grass will grow if the ground is no froze on warm days, third as this mulch rots it's feeding the worms bacteria and fungi.</p><p></p><p>Once the summer slump is over and the spring rotation area has regrown I move them back onto that, it's not going to be growing as fast at this stage so I make my cells larger and don't move them as fast.</p><p></p><p>The summer slump feeding area should come on strong and let you feed you cattle on pasture until you run out of it or until the snow is too deep (at least around here) That's when I start putting bales out onto pasture.</p><p></p><p>That's how I do it, hope it helps</p><p></p><p>I almost forgot I change summer slump area each year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richardin52, post: 1127297, member: 18391"] As you know grass grows fast in the spring then slows during the middle part of the summer, then picks up again in the fall. I would plan on moving the cattle over as much area as you can in the spring without letting them take it down too low. If they take the tops off the grass this will delay the grass from forming heads helping it stay in stage two growth longer. If you wait too long getting them started you may have a very short time before your grass starts forming heads which slows grass growth. For that reason I start my cows a little sooner but move them once in the morning and once in the evening. What I do is hit as much area as I can in the spring clipping the tops then go back to the starting point and do a spring rotation in one area. Once the summer slump starts and the spring rotation area is not regaining enough growth. I take them off the spring rotation area and put them into tall grass. I call this my summer slump area. They will knock a lot down, more than they eat sometimes, but this tall grass has a big roots and the mulch layer they make mixed with manure and pee will do a few things. First tall grass has a lot of reserves in the root and this will push new growth, second the mulch will help protect the soil from both summer heat and fall freezing. Grass will grow if the ground is no froze on warm days, third as this mulch rots it's feeding the worms bacteria and fungi. Once the summer slump is over and the spring rotation area has regrown I move them back onto that, it's not going to be growing as fast at this stage so I make my cells larger and don't move them as fast. The summer slump feeding area should come on strong and let you feed you cattle on pasture until you run out of it or until the snow is too deep (at least around here) That's when I start putting bales out onto pasture. That's how I do it, hope it helps I almost forgot I change summer slump area each year. [/QUOTE]
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