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<blockquote data-quote="Lee VanRoss" data-source="post: 1686477" data-attributes="member: 40072"><p>I do not know Bob Kinford but he is spot on with his comments on grazing. Albeit labor intensive it is my experience that the more</p><p>cattle you can put in an area for a day the better the result will be both for the soil and your financial return. Cattle, will for the most</p><p>part, when turned into a large area, will determine the boundaries first then sort out and eat the most desirable forage first then down</p><p>the line in descending order to the point of survival. I found that when cattle are turned into a smaller area per head they tend to </p><p>concentrate on what is immediately in front of them, ostensively; rather than being forced to eat something even less desirable. </p><p><em>Please do not take this as a study on the ability of cattle to reason! </em>Yes, there are plants that a cow cannot eat or at least should not</p><p>be forced to eat. The availability of good drinking water is tantamount, especially where rotational grazing is involved or as my</p><p>dad would say, ''All signs fail in dry weather''. What ever methodology of grazing you use do not let them grub it into the ground..</p><p>Even so, by doing what I prescribed in the previous remark you will find that the weeds will propagate with a resulting paucity of</p><p>desirable forage. Just try not to let iron and oil get between the sun and the ground any more than absolutely necessary,</p><p>Save that space for the cows!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lee VanRoss, post: 1686477, member: 40072"] I do not know Bob Kinford but he is spot on with his comments on grazing. Albeit labor intensive it is my experience that the more cattle you can put in an area for a day the better the result will be both for the soil and your financial return. Cattle, will for the most part, when turned into a large area, will determine the boundaries first then sort out and eat the most desirable forage first then down the line in descending order to the point of survival. I found that when cattle are turned into a smaller area per head they tend to concentrate on what is immediately in front of them, ostensively; rather than being forced to eat something even less desirable. [I]Please do not take this as a study on the ability of cattle to reason! [/I]Yes, there are plants that a cow cannot eat or at least should not be forced to eat. The availability of good drinking water is tantamount, especially where rotational grazing is involved or as my dad would say, ''All signs fail in dry weather''. What ever methodology of grazing you use do not let them grub it into the ground.. Even so, by doing what I prescribed in the previous remark you will find that the weeds will propagate with a resulting paucity of desirable forage. Just try not to let iron and oil get between the sun and the ground any more than absolutely necessary, Save that space for the cows! [/QUOTE]
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