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<blockquote data-quote="pwilli3" data-source="post: 572862" data-attributes="member: 8647"><p>Thanks for all the advice!</p><p></p><p>Dun, when would be the best times to buy and sell for stockers? Should I look at running them longer for more gain?</p><p></p><p>Karin, It was 23 LRBs two years ago for the single season. This was the year after the 20 cow/calf pairs grazed it to nubs. This year we harvested the 300 and some odd small square bales. That was with four horses grazing it for half the Summer, and two of the horses there the entire time. I am afraid of how wet those bales were. We tried to get them in between two storms. The bales were weighing in around 70-85 pounds instead of 50-60. We were baling and loading into the wee hours of the morning just to have the rain pass to the North of us. We never got a drop. Luckily the hay didn't burn the barn down. I spent two weeks worrying about that one. Now the mold has me anxious. Time will tell I guess.</p><p></p><p>It sounds like the pasture has the potential to fulfill my goals of getting my feet wet. If the weather is good I may even be able to stock enough to turn a small profit. Sure would be nice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pwilli3, post: 572862, member: 8647"] Thanks for all the advice! Dun, when would be the best times to buy and sell for stockers? Should I look at running them longer for more gain? Karin, It was 23 LRBs two years ago for the single season. This was the year after the 20 cow/calf pairs grazed it to nubs. This year we harvested the 300 and some odd small square bales. That was with four horses grazing it for half the Summer, and two of the horses there the entire time. I am afraid of how wet those bales were. We tried to get them in between two storms. The bales were weighing in around 70-85 pounds instead of 50-60. We were baling and loading into the wee hours of the morning just to have the rain pass to the North of us. We never got a drop. Luckily the hay didn't burn the barn down. I spent two weeks worrying about that one. Now the mold has me anxious. Time will tell I guess. It sounds like the pasture has the potential to fulfill my goals of getting my feet wet. If the weather is good I may even be able to stock enough to turn a small profit. Sure would be nice. [/QUOTE]
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