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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Reynolds" data-source="post: 1807058" data-attributes="member: 43196"><p>Yep, the new growth is what gets you when you graze more than 7 days. At day 4, there is new growth that starts to be accessible. After day 7, the cows are focused exclusively on the new regrowth and are totally ignoring the 8-10 inch older grass that they can get a full mouthfull. Additionally, regrazing this regrowth in this manner ends up hurting the vigor of the grass plant, which means slower growth and less total production.</p><p></p><p>I seem to have the most trouble getting producers to give the pasture a full 30 days of rest. They see that new grass and want to get back on it after 2 weeks. There are reasons to do that in the spring (seedhead formation prevention) but in the summer, the grass plant takes a hit when you do that. (I do fudge the 30 day rule myself by setting up a 5 pasture rotation with grazing intervals of 7 days, which is of course a week and works quite nicely). When you do the math, you will notice that gives you only 28 days of rest. Well, I work for the government, and they say "close enough for government work" <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Reynolds, post: 1807058, member: 43196"] Yep, the new growth is what gets you when you graze more than 7 days. At day 4, there is new growth that starts to be accessible. After day 7, the cows are focused exclusively on the new regrowth and are totally ignoring the 8-10 inch older grass that they can get a full mouthfull. Additionally, regrazing this regrowth in this manner ends up hurting the vigor of the grass plant, which means slower growth and less total production. I seem to have the most trouble getting producers to give the pasture a full 30 days of rest. They see that new grass and want to get back on it after 2 weeks. There are reasons to do that in the spring (seedhead formation prevention) but in the summer, the grass plant takes a hit when you do that. (I do fudge the 30 day rule myself by setting up a 5 pasture rotation with grazing intervals of 7 days, which is of course a week and works quite nicely). When you do the math, you will notice that gives you only 28 days of rest. Well, I work for the government, and they say "close enough for government work" ;) [/QUOTE]
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