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<blockquote data-quote="agmantoo" data-source="post: 750699" data-attributes="member: 8973"><p>Roan</p><p>Early in the Spring the new forage is tender and desirable so yes the cattle will eat it to the ground. As the forage grows the cattle will start eating the more tender tops and forgoing the stems and the forage near the ground provided they are allocated enough area. At this time of year I do not have any real tall forage so I do keep the area to be grazed reduced to what i want the herd to have and let the balance of the paddocks grow. In another week to 10 days I should have more mature forages and then I will start grazing the tallest forage on the farm. I strictly stick to using the tallest forage (grasses and clover mix) to be grazed first. I remain with this practice until next Spring once I start. When I start this practice, I will then observe that the area allocated must be such that about 3 inches remains with the grass height. They are going to eat the clovers to the ground regardless. Eating the clover to the ground helps keep the clovers in check. Otherwise the clovers will choke the grasses so it really does not hurt anything. I am one of a few that use a variable size paddock allocation with the seasonal changes. I rotate daily. My paddocks only have two permanent single strand wires that are parallel to each other by approximately 300 feet. I use polywire in front and behind the herd. In peak growing periods I may be putting the entire herd on 6/10ths of an acre and at other on as much a 3 acres for a 24 hour period. I do not want to stress the cattle nor the forage. Here is a pic that is about 2 weeks old. The cattle are in an area with the two permanent single strand paddocks and are moving forward in an allocated area that is approximately 180 long every 24 hours. When they arrive at the far left of the pic I am sending some of the 5 weight heifers and steers to market.</p><p><img src="http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i237/agmantoo/March%20views/IMG00108-20100324-1322.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="agmantoo, post: 750699, member: 8973"] Roan Early in the Spring the new forage is tender and desirable so yes the cattle will eat it to the ground. As the forage grows the cattle will start eating the more tender tops and forgoing the stems and the forage near the ground provided they are allocated enough area. At this time of year I do not have any real tall forage so I do keep the area to be grazed reduced to what i want the herd to have and let the balance of the paddocks grow. In another week to 10 days I should have more mature forages and then I will start grazing the tallest forage on the farm. I strictly stick to using the tallest forage (grasses and clover mix) to be grazed first. I remain with this practice until next Spring once I start. When I start this practice, I will then observe that the area allocated must be such that about 3 inches remains with the grass height. They are going to eat the clovers to the ground regardless. Eating the clover to the ground helps keep the clovers in check. Otherwise the clovers will choke the grasses so it really does not hurt anything. I am one of a few that use a variable size paddock allocation with the seasonal changes. I rotate daily. My paddocks only have two permanent single strand wires that are parallel to each other by approximately 300 feet. I use polywire in front and behind the herd. In peak growing periods I may be putting the entire herd on 6/10ths of an acre and at other on as much a 3 acres for a 24 hour period. I do not want to stress the cattle nor the forage. Here is a pic that is about 2 weeks old. The cattle are in an area with the two permanent single strand paddocks and are moving forward in an allocated area that is approximately 180 long every 24 hours. When they arrive at the far left of the pic I am sending some of the 5 weight heifers and steers to market. [img]http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i237/agmantoo/March%20views/IMG00108-20100324-1322.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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