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<blockquote data-quote="luke03cr" data-source="post: 1046449" data-attributes="member: 18406"><p>With rotational grazing you want to be able to keep them in a paddock for several days to a day or 2. To give you an idea on stocking rate, I run 25 mature cows on 2 AC paddocks and rotate every other day. A good rule of thumb for grass growth is 250lbs per inch per acre of dry matter. That's for fescue, seeing that your in east tn like myself and that's almost all there is for grass around here. I graze the grass to no less then 3 in then move them to the next paddock. If you don't have enough cattle to keep up with all the grass then u can set a few AC aside for hay. Smaller paddocks are usully more efficient then larger paddocks. They won't waste as much food that way. You won't need to string 5 or 6 rows of wire for this. The best way that I've seen is pick up sum electrified rope that you see horse folks use. 2 strands of that on sum temporary tpost and you'll be able to move them all over the field easily. Once the see that its electrified they won't touch it, so 2 strand usully is plenty.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="luke03cr, post: 1046449, member: 18406"] With rotational grazing you want to be able to keep them in a paddock for several days to a day or 2. To give you an idea on stocking rate, I run 25 mature cows on 2 AC paddocks and rotate every other day. A good rule of thumb for grass growth is 250lbs per inch per acre of dry matter. That's for fescue, seeing that your in east tn like myself and that's almost all there is for grass around here. I graze the grass to no less then 3 in then move them to the next paddock. If you don't have enough cattle to keep up with all the grass then u can set a few AC aside for hay. Smaller paddocks are usully more efficient then larger paddocks. They won't waste as much food that way. You won't need to string 5 or 6 rows of wire for this. The best way that I've seen is pick up sum electrified rope that you see horse folks use. 2 strands of that on sum temporary tpost and you'll be able to move them all over the field easily. Once the see that its electrified they won't touch it, so 2 strand usully is plenty. [/QUOTE]
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