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<blockquote data-quote="Cowman42" data-source="post: 1849154" data-attributes="member: 43380"><p>I</p><p></p><p>Down here in the middle of the mitten I run my herd in flood plain, oak/maple ridges, and in red pine plantations. I thinned the pines about a decade ago and have rows about 20' apart. I unrolled first cut orchard/clover hay down the rows and now have some very nice silvopasture. The red pines have really benefited from the the thinning and manure. The floodplain had mostly ash and BIG maple....The ash all died due to the ash borer and now the grass is pretty good with giant maples for shade. I use it in the hot summer. The oak/maple ridges can't keep grass alive. I don't know if it is acid from the leaves and acorns or too much shade......But they have been in there over a decade and all the oaks are growing just fine. Also, my cows love tag alder. Every time I expand a pasture into some alder wet spots they have the leaves stripped off in 10 minutes. Different forest types and soils do different things when cattle are tromping around. Mine also love young Aspen. After you cut it you might try running them in the poplar sappers. It provides a pretty good summer drought feed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cowman42, post: 1849154, member: 43380"] I Down here in the middle of the mitten I run my herd in flood plain, oak/maple ridges, and in red pine plantations. I thinned the pines about a decade ago and have rows about 20' apart. I unrolled first cut orchard/clover hay down the rows and now have some very nice silvopasture. The red pines have really benefited from the the thinning and manure. The floodplain had mostly ash and BIG maple....The ash all died due to the ash borer and now the grass is pretty good with giant maples for shade. I use it in the hot summer. The oak/maple ridges can't keep grass alive. I don't know if it is acid from the leaves and acorns or too much shade......But they have been in there over a decade and all the oaks are growing just fine. Also, my cows love tag alder. Every time I expand a pasture into some alder wet spots they have the leaves stripped off in 10 minutes. Different forest types and soils do different things when cattle are tromping around. Mine also love young Aspen. After you cut it you might try running them in the poplar sappers. It provides a pretty good summer drought feed. [/QUOTE]
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