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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 81085" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>Interesting that you should mention this. Yesterday I had to leave the farm and go look at some cattle about 35 miles from here. Nearly all of the cows I saw were in pretty sorry condition, and the pastures were grazed nearly to dirt. The pastures that had green looked like a pooltable, just a fuzz of green, but most were brown and as poor or poorer looking then the cows. I think that too many people are trying to take advantage of the high prices and are drastically overstocking. This past winter, even with lots of hay available, they're not feeding anything other then the overgrazed pastures. I had assumed it was a local thing, didn't realize the condition was wide spread. The herd sizes varied from around 20 head to 100 or more. Part of the problem could be the high cost of fertilizers with the oil prices being what they are, but I don;t see this having happened over just one year. On the old farm that would support 1 pair per 3 qacres for 6-8 months and needed hay the rest of time (that was during the 3 year drought) they jerk is now running closer to 5 head per acre and no hay. A lot of the lack of hay feeding seems to fall into the mindset of "if there's green grass they don;t need hay". <strong>Idiots</strong></p><p></p><p>dun</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 81085, member: 34"] Interesting that you should mention this. Yesterday I had to leave the farm and go look at some cattle about 35 miles from here. Nearly all of the cows I saw were in pretty sorry condition, and the pastures were grazed nearly to dirt. The pastures that had green looked like a pooltable, just a fuzz of green, but most were brown and as poor or poorer looking then the cows. I think that too many people are trying to take advantage of the high prices and are drastically overstocking. This past winter, even with lots of hay available, they're not feeding anything other then the overgrazed pastures. I had assumed it was a local thing, didn't realize the condition was wide spread. The herd sizes varied from around 20 head to 100 or more. Part of the problem could be the high cost of fertilizers with the oil prices being what they are, but I don;t see this having happened over just one year. On the old farm that would support 1 pair per 3 qacres for 6-8 months and needed hay the rest of time (that was during the 3 year drought) they jerk is now running closer to 5 head per acre and no hay. A lot of the lack of hay feeding seems to fall into the mindset of "if there's green grass they don;t need hay". [b]Idiots[/b] dun [/QUOTE]
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