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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 895038" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>I am certainly not going to disagree with your point of view. And in fact I can get around 500 cd out of an acre of 180 bu corn if I push it. the economics however can be viewed in a number of different ways. The value of 35% moisture corn in the field in Oct or Nov looks a whole lot different if you do not own a combine, carts, grain trucks, dryer bins or a feed lot or equipment to feed it. </p><p></p><p>My goal is to let the cattle harvest most of the grain in the field (maybe 90%?) and also use most of the husks, leaves and upper stalks as feed. As I posted above I am going to have the non bred heifer calves come through and get some more CD of grazing out of this corn. But I don't want them getting a lot of grain - just cleanup grain and the rest of the palatable portion of the corn plant stalks.</p><p></p><p>However I look at anything left in the field beyond that not as waste but banked as fertilizer and organic matter building my heavy clay soils and reducing fertilizer costs, water runoff, etc for next year's go round.</p><p></p><p>I was out with the steers this morning. It was below zero F and windy early and they were down eating hay and sheltering from the wind in the adjacent pasture. I took a picture showing what their current paddock looks like.</p><p></p><p>There are some ears on the ground but most of the corn has been eaten. I am going to leave this paddock as the only one open to them for a few days yet. They have already started eating the upper corn plant. It's ok if they grub for more corn on the ground while they finish more of the leafy matter.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/SRBeef1/IMG_0124_grazedcornaftermostearsgone_011812.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>In a few more days I will move the end wire and give them some fresh corn. After they get to the woods in the distance I will move them to another strip of corn and let the heifers in to cleanup this one.</p><p></p><p>Also there is absolutely no sign of acidosis in the group that I can see. Having hay available is important as I mentioned before. I think we have about run this topic out so here is a picture of the stalks today and I will leave it at that. Thank you for your comments.</p><p></p><p>Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 895038, member: 7509"] I am certainly not going to disagree with your point of view. And in fact I can get around 500 cd out of an acre of 180 bu corn if I push it. the economics however can be viewed in a number of different ways. The value of 35% moisture corn in the field in Oct or Nov looks a whole lot different if you do not own a combine, carts, grain trucks, dryer bins or a feed lot or equipment to feed it. My goal is to let the cattle harvest most of the grain in the field (maybe 90%?) and also use most of the husks, leaves and upper stalks as feed. As I posted above I am going to have the non bred heifer calves come through and get some more CD of grazing out of this corn. But I don't want them getting a lot of grain - just cleanup grain and the rest of the palatable portion of the corn plant stalks. However I look at anything left in the field beyond that not as waste but banked as fertilizer and organic matter building my heavy clay soils and reducing fertilizer costs, water runoff, etc for next year's go round. I was out with the steers this morning. It was below zero F and windy early and they were down eating hay and sheltering from the wind in the adjacent pasture. I took a picture showing what their current paddock looks like. There are some ears on the ground but most of the corn has been eaten. I am going to leave this paddock as the only one open to them for a few days yet. They have already started eating the upper corn plant. It's ok if they grub for more corn on the ground while they finish more of the leafy matter. [img]http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/SRBeef1/IMG_0124_grazedcornaftermostearsgone_011812.jpg[/img] In a few more days I will move the end wire and give them some fresh corn. After they get to the woods in the distance I will move them to another strip of corn and let the heifers in to cleanup this one. Also there is absolutely no sign of acidosis in the group that I can see. Having hay available is important as I mentioned before. I think we have about run this topic out so here is a picture of the stalks today and I will leave it at that. Thank you for your comments. Jim [/QUOTE]
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