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Nurse cow won't dry up?
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<blockquote data-quote="TexasBred" data-source="post: 1406710" data-attributes="member: 6897"><p>Around here only fertilized grass would ever have that much protein and that would be on a 100% dry matter basis. Fresh spring grass is 75-80% water and they have to graze all day to get any amount of dry matter. Cows quit producing milk when we quit removing it from them whether by milking or allowing calves to nurse. Removal of high quality foodstuffs will help as well. Not unusual for grass hay to run in excess of 12% protein (maybe not yours) and they will get much more protein from 20-25 lbs. of hay per day than a half dozen pounds of grass. Can't believe you dairied on 7-8% hay. I too have dairied for many years, and dried up thousands of cattle, some still giving 80 lbs. milk per day, and simply put them on pasture and my entire feeding program was built around good quality grass hay. No need to make the process expensive by adding stored hay to the equation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasBred, post: 1406710, member: 6897"] Around here only fertilized grass would ever have that much protein and that would be on a 100% dry matter basis. Fresh spring grass is 75-80% water and they have to graze all day to get any amount of dry matter. Cows quit producing milk when we quit removing it from them whether by milking or allowing calves to nurse. Removal of high quality foodstuffs will help as well. Not unusual for grass hay to run in excess of 12% protein (maybe not yours) and they will get much more protein from 20-25 lbs. of hay per day than a half dozen pounds of grass. Can't believe you dairied on 7-8% hay. I too have dairied for many years, and dried up thousands of cattle, some still giving 80 lbs. milk per day, and simply put them on pasture and my entire feeding program was built around good quality grass hay. No need to make the process expensive by adding stored hay to the equation. [/QUOTE]
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