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<blockquote data-quote="Texas PaPaw" data-source="post: 779239" data-attributes="member: 2905"><p>Only if the cattle are moved to a higher plane of nutrition when turned out will they not "backup" for the reasons previously cited. If they were on a <strong>very limited </strong>grow ration before turnout and changed to a higher level ration when turned out will they maintain there performance. It will take more energy to make the same gains in a pasture environment as they will burn more energy when walking the paddock than in the yard.</p><p></p><p>Unless management really knows what they are doing nutrition wise, it will most likely be a "learning experience". How much this experience <em><u>costs</u></em> will only be known in the aftermath.</p><p></p><p>My 2 cents worth is don't do it. Either maintain the current feeding program or ship them to a feedyard to finish.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Texas PaPaw, post: 779239, member: 2905"] Only if the cattle are moved to a higher plane of nutrition when turned out will they not "backup" for the reasons previously cited. If they were on a [b]very limited [/b]grow ration before turnout and changed to a higher level ration when turned out will they maintain there performance. It will take more energy to make the same gains in a pasture environment as they will burn more energy when walking the paddock than in the yard. Unless management really knows what they are doing nutrition wise, it will most likely be a "learning experience". How much this experience [i][u]costs[/u][/i] will only be known in the aftermath. My 2 cents worth is don't do it. Either maintain the current feeding program or ship them to a feedyard to finish. [/QUOTE]
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