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<blockquote data-quote="Stepper" data-source="post: 359244" data-attributes="member: 3398"><p>I would reccommend you talk with your county extenison agent and see if he would come out and look over your 15 acres and get his oppinion.</p><p></p><p>And the type of cattle you plan on running will factor in to how many you can run. In your post you ask how big of a herd and then you mention club calfs. So if you are planning on running cow/calf pairs it will be alot less than if you just run calfs etc.....,</p><p></p><p>But on 15 acres i would not think you will be able to run many of either one. At the best if your 15 acres is 100% clear and top quailty pasture. In my opinion you might get by grazing 15 400 lb calfs until the grass quits growing. Or 6 cow/calf pairs and that is if you have a top quality producing pasture. And if all 15 acres are pasture and not 2 or 3 acres of it woods.</p><p></p><p>But to be on the safe side. I would start out with alot smaller number of each and see how your grass holds up the first summer arround. That is just my opinion.</p><p></p><p>But if you get with your local extension agent i think you will get some good sound advice that will help you decide what you can and can not do.</p><p></p><p>Good luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stepper, post: 359244, member: 3398"] I would reccommend you talk with your county extenison agent and see if he would come out and look over your 15 acres and get his oppinion. And the type of cattle you plan on running will factor in to how many you can run. In your post you ask how big of a herd and then you mention club calfs. So if you are planning on running cow/calf pairs it will be alot less than if you just run calfs etc....., But on 15 acres i would not think you will be able to run many of either one. At the best if your 15 acres is 100% clear and top quailty pasture. In my opinion you might get by grazing 15 400 lb calfs until the grass quits growing. Or 6 cow/calf pairs and that is if you have a top quality producing pasture. And if all 15 acres are pasture and not 2 or 3 acres of it woods. But to be on the safe side. I would start out with alot smaller number of each and see how your grass holds up the first summer arround. That is just my opinion. But if you get with your local extension agent i think you will get some good sound advice that will help you decide what you can and can not do. Good luck [/QUOTE]
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