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<blockquote data-quote="inyati13" data-source="post: 1183638" data-attributes="member: 17767"><p>I noticed that two of the cows continued to gain weight even when I had them on restricted access during late summer. As you point out, cows are like people: Their metabolism is to a large extent dictated by their genome. Some people keep gaining weight on diets that other people would starve to death on.</p><p></p><p>The problem that worries me on intense grazing is damage to the land. 60 % of my pasture is on steep terrain by most people's standards. I worry about creating rills and gullies when the cover is not heavy enough to break down the energy of some of our late fall downpours like we have been getting for the past two weeks. I have had this discussion with Fire Sweep Ranch. But she does not realize what a steep pasture looks like. Why? Because she posted a picture of a slope she was mowing and called it a hill. :lol: :lol: Some of my slopes put me in mind of that first big drop on a roller coaster thrill ride at an amusement park!!!</p><p></p><p>Had a guy out yesterday that looked at some of the slopes I mow. He saw right off that you don't go down those without four-wheel drive!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="inyati13, post: 1183638, member: 17767"] I noticed that two of the cows continued to gain weight even when I had them on restricted access during late summer. As you point out, cows are like people: Their metabolism is to a large extent dictated by their genome. Some people keep gaining weight on diets that other people would starve to death on. The problem that worries me on intense grazing is damage to the land. 60 % of my pasture is on steep terrain by most people's standards. I worry about creating rills and gullies when the cover is not heavy enough to break down the energy of some of our late fall downpours like we have been getting for the past two weeks. I have had this discussion with Fire Sweep Ranch. But she does not realize what a steep pasture looks like. Why? Because she posted a picture of a slope she was mowing and called it a hill. :lol: :lol: Some of my slopes put me in mind of that first big drop on a roller coaster thrill ride at an amusement park!!! Had a guy out yesterday that looked at some of the slopes I mow. He saw right off that you don't go down those without four-wheel drive!!! [/QUOTE]
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