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<blockquote data-quote="marksmu" data-source="post: 787367" data-attributes="member: 9219"><p>I dont offer any feed at all in the winter. I have a pasture rotation that leaves stored feed until January when I move them into shin deep rye grass (assuming it all comes up).</p><p></p><p>We planted 35acres of millet in the early summer, baled the first cut for a safety stock of hay, this weekend we will move the herd into the millet's regrowth until end of November, (pasture also has about 50 additional acres of native grasses/weeds) then 1st of December they will go into a 135 acre pasture of stockpiled Bermuda grass, bahia, and some various weeds that came up after the second clipping (pasture is about 50% unsuitable marsh grass). Once that is eaten down and the rye has sufficient growth to withstand grazing they will move into the 135 acres of rye and stay there until early summer again. If I had the time to go more frequently I would limit graze what I have, but ever since the baby came along I cant even be sure I will get there once a week, so I have to leave access to more than is needed.</p><p></p><p>The only feed offered is 2 bags of cubes once per week (or two) to keep them following the UTV for making pasture rotation easy.</p><p></p><p>This summer we are going to work up and improve with lime/fertilizer and leveling about 60 acres that will get replanted with native grasses until we no longer have any of that intrusive marsh grass wrecking our pastures...Once reworked we will fence it off to make smaller pastures for more rotation. We intend to repeat that process each year on an additional 60 acres until the entire ranch has been improved and cross fenced.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="marksmu, post: 787367, member: 9219"] I dont offer any feed at all in the winter. I have a pasture rotation that leaves stored feed until January when I move them into shin deep rye grass (assuming it all comes up). We planted 35acres of millet in the early summer, baled the first cut for a safety stock of hay, this weekend we will move the herd into the millet's regrowth until end of November, (pasture also has about 50 additional acres of native grasses/weeds) then 1st of December they will go into a 135 acre pasture of stockpiled Bermuda grass, bahia, and some various weeds that came up after the second clipping (pasture is about 50% unsuitable marsh grass). Once that is eaten down and the rye has sufficient growth to withstand grazing they will move into the 135 acres of rye and stay there until early summer again. If I had the time to go more frequently I would limit graze what I have, but ever since the baby came along I cant even be sure I will get there once a week, so I have to leave access to more than is needed. The only feed offered is 2 bags of cubes once per week (or two) to keep them following the UTV for making pasture rotation easy. This summer we are going to work up and improve with lime/fertilizer and leveling about 60 acres that will get replanted with native grasses until we no longer have any of that intrusive marsh grass wrecking our pastures...Once reworked we will fence it off to make smaller pastures for more rotation. We intend to repeat that process each year on an additional 60 acres until the entire ranch has been improved and cross fenced. [/QUOTE]
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