Stocker Steve
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Need more cows with feed at that price.
Stockpile ? for Fescue Fans
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You are not giving me a lot of confidence in ordering one.....
kenny thomas
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Good help is hard to find.
Stocker Steve
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Got into the 40s here today, but heading for single digits F tomorrow, so ran a drag over half each of the next two grazing strips this afternoon.
They were not clear by sunset, but the no snow areas were much bigger. Went form less than 10% open to over 50%. Should have dragged it a couple hours sooner.
They were not clear by sunset, but the no snow areas were much bigger. Went form less than 10% open to over 50%. Should have dragged it a couple hours sooner.
kenny thomas
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Let us know how it works.
Are you expecting cows to get higher this winter?
kenny thomas
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Slaughter cows will get higher in the southeast. They have more cows than they can get killed right now. Big difference in January I think and so do the slaughter buyers.
That's good to know...I need to move a handful about then.
kenny thomas
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I do also. The FPL slauhhter buyer has told me for the last month to hold mine and buy more.
Stocker Steve
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kenny thomas
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It is wet. In this region they always sell cows in October and November when the grass is gone. Lots more cows go to slaughter than other times of the year.
kenny thomas
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Bringing this back up.
Started strip grazing last week. We had a very dry fall so it's not nearly as good as it has been in the past. Plus I have doubled my number of cows. But still should have enough stockpile fescue to last until mid February.
Fed more hay during November and December than I did all of last year.
Gonna sell 15 older cows and probably 25-30 calves in a couple weeks. That should help the situation.
Started strip grazing last week. We had a very dry fall so it's not nearly as good as it has been in the past. Plus I have doubled my number of cows. But still should have enough stockpile fescue to last until mid February.
Fed more hay during November and December than I did all of last year.
Gonna sell 15 older cows and probably 25-30 calves in a couple weeks. That should help the situation.
Little Joe
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Did the recent extreme cold effect your fescue like it did mine? Mine is not green at all now, completely dormant. I moved the yearling steers home that were on stockpile right before that weather rolled in so that I didn't have another set of cattle to tend at another location, glad I did because there's no green at all to it now.
dave_shelby
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Its been dry in the part of Virginia from July into November. So we also didn't get much fall growth here and our winter stockpile is much smaller. Bought a few south polls too. I also strip graze and so had to buy hay.
The stockpile lost its color with ice & snow and then when we got to -1 degrees before Christmas. I need to get it tested and see if I need lick tubs. I've seen people start using stockpile December 1 through late January. I know grass declines in protein through winter. This winter we should have started earlier.
The stockpile lost its color with ice & snow and then when we got to -1 degrees before Christmas. I need to get it tested and see if I need lick tubs. I've seen people start using stockpile December 1 through late January. I know grass declines in protein through winter. This winter we should have started earlier.
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kenny thomas
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Mine is still pretty and green. I will get some pictures today.
The cold absolutely nuked everything here. I'm jealous!
kenny thomas
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The thicker the fescue the less
Damage I had
Damage I had
Ebenezer
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Bleached out on top. We got down to 7.
