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<blockquote data-quote="agmantoo" data-source="post: 750870" data-attributes="member: 8973"><p>pdfangus</p><p>I do not have a targeted rest period for any specific paddock. I do not have irrigation and all of my paddocks do not produce equally. I have to use cattle behavior and my experience to determine how much area to allocate. I tell folks to look at the area they are going to graze and at the height and content, grass and clovers, of the area. Then based on what they see to estimate how much they think that the cattle will consumer in 45 minutes and then allocate that amount. Stay around the cattle and observe what is occurring in that 45 minutes. If too little area was allocated, then give some more area until they have consumed down to where you want the grass height to be. If too great of a area was allocated then shrink the area at the 45 minute end to what you think they should have consumed. Now, walk the area off to get the footage and DOUBLE the area. This will the the amount of area to be allocated for a 24 hour period. After the 24 hour period is later consumed, then allocate another area and observe how the cattle behave as you move them. They should not be bawling nor crowding the fence to get to the area. A brisk walk is OK as they like to try out new places. Both yourself and the cattle will soon become conditioned to the move and the amount made available. If as Spring progresses and you get more forage than they can consume you can be wasteful or you can bushhog the the surplus and return the forage to the ground as nutrient. As we usually get hit with some summer drought, I will start to stockpile the surplus for feeding in the dry July/August dry time period.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="agmantoo, post: 750870, member: 8973"] pdfangus I do not have a targeted rest period for any specific paddock. I do not have irrigation and all of my paddocks do not produce equally. I have to use cattle behavior and my experience to determine how much area to allocate. I tell folks to look at the area they are going to graze and at the height and content, grass and clovers, of the area. Then based on what they see to estimate how much they think that the cattle will consumer in 45 minutes and then allocate that amount. Stay around the cattle and observe what is occurring in that 45 minutes. If too little area was allocated, then give some more area until they have consumed down to where you want the grass height to be. If too great of a area was allocated then shrink the area at the 45 minute end to what you think they should have consumed. Now, walk the area off to get the footage and DOUBLE the area. This will the the amount of area to be allocated for a 24 hour period. After the 24 hour period is later consumed, then allocate another area and observe how the cattle behave as you move them. They should not be bawling nor crowding the fence to get to the area. A brisk walk is OK as they like to try out new places. Both yourself and the cattle will soon become conditioned to the move and the amount made available. If as Spring progresses and you get more forage than they can consume you can be wasteful or you can bushhog the the surplus and return the forage to the ground as nutrient. As we usually get hit with some summer drought, I will start to stockpile the surplus for feeding in the dry July/August dry time period. [/QUOTE]
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