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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 895040" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>Abe, Thanks for the kind words. However my wife and kids could give you a real good argument on the "genius" part....</p><p></p><p>Being 45 mi north of Green Bay, you are almost in Canada like conditions and very different from my area between LaCrosse and Madison.</p><p></p><p>I think this could work for you there very well if you are careful. you must limit access and not give them the whole field at one time. As far as taking them from 800 to 1400 lb that would take 600 lb gain/ approx 3 lb/day adg = 200 days or 6-2/3 months grazing corn. </p><p></p><p>If you started in Nov you may not have enough time to get them all the way. But it would be close. If you planted a very short season (but good standing and palatable) hybrid which would be a lot lower yielding (and safer to graze) than I deal with you may be able to put them on in Oct. but the corn must be mature to avoid nitrate poisoning.</p><p></p><p>I would suggest basically you use the Canada guidelines as in the Dekalb information i posted above and will repost for you here: <a href="https://www.dekalb.ca/Western/Products/Corn/Documents/corn_grazing_guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.dekalb.ca/Western/Products/Corn/Documents/corn_grazing_guide.pdf</a></p><p></p><p>All the best -</p><p></p><p>Jim</p><p></p><p>edit: why take them all the way to 14-1500 lb? Coming off say 5 months of grazing corn they should be darn plump and ready to go at maybe 1300 lb, sell them and plant corn again...just an idea.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 895040, member: 7509"] Abe, Thanks for the kind words. However my wife and kids could give you a real good argument on the "genius" part.... Being 45 mi north of Green Bay, you are almost in Canada like conditions and very different from my area between LaCrosse and Madison. I think this could work for you there very well if you are careful. you must limit access and not give them the whole field at one time. As far as taking them from 800 to 1400 lb that would take 600 lb gain/ approx 3 lb/day adg = 200 days or 6-2/3 months grazing corn. If you started in Nov you may not have enough time to get them all the way. But it would be close. If you planted a very short season (but good standing and palatable) hybrid which would be a lot lower yielding (and safer to graze) than I deal with you may be able to put them on in Oct. but the corn must be mature to avoid nitrate poisoning. I would suggest basically you use the Canada guidelines as in the Dekalb information i posted above and will repost for you here: [url]https://www.dekalb.ca/Western/Products/Corn/Documents/corn_grazing_guide.pdf[/url] All the best - Jim edit: why take them all the way to 14-1500 lb? Coming off say 5 months of grazing corn they should be darn plump and ready to go at maybe 1300 lb, sell them and plant corn again...just an idea. [/QUOTE]
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