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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 245117" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>That's what makes a horse race, differences of opinions. We didn;t destock as low as wqe should have 4 years ago and have very slowly added back. With the drought last year and this, I'm glad we didn't restock to the levels that were theoretically possible. Rather then just let some of ther pastures burn up we're boarding cows for the vet. When the pasture is gone so will his cows be. If we had restocked we'ld be having to sell our own cows when thegrass is gone. Sort ofthe same priciple as running stockers/feeders on the excess pasture and shiping them when thegrass is gone. Mightas well utilize what's there. </p><p>Even with controlled grazing and not letting the pastures get grazed to short, some of them still aren;t recovered. The only thing that has grown well is spiny pigwed that's invaded some of the pastures. If we had straight ky31 fescue I suspect the pastures would have recvered better, it's the ones with a good (usedto have anyway) mixture of OG, fescue and legumes that have suffered the worst.</p><p>Climate and probably even more importantly the soil has a significatn impact on the recovery.</p><p></p><p>dun</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 245117, member: 34"] That's what makes a horse race, differences of opinions. We didn;t destock as low as wqe should have 4 years ago and have very slowly added back. With the drought last year and this, I'm glad we didn't restock to the levels that were theoretically possible. Rather then just let some of ther pastures burn up we're boarding cows for the vet. When the pasture is gone so will his cows be. If we had restocked we'ld be having to sell our own cows when thegrass is gone. Sort ofthe same priciple as running stockers/feeders on the excess pasture and shiping them when thegrass is gone. Mightas well utilize what's there. Even with controlled grazing and not letting the pastures get grazed to short, some of them still aren;t recovered. The only thing that has grown well is spiny pigwed that's invaded some of the pastures. If we had straight ky31 fescue I suspect the pastures would have recvered better, it's the ones with a good (usedto have anyway) mixture of OG, fescue and legumes that have suffered the worst. Climate and probably even more importantly the soil has a significatn impact on the recovery. dun [/QUOTE]
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