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<blockquote data-quote="hillbilly beef man" data-source="post: 1542248" data-attributes="member: 4786"><p>What elevation you looking at Hook? This makes a pretty big difference on how much hay you will need for winter. My creek bottems in Carter Co. are about 2,600 ft with the hill sides going up to 3,500 ft. The other end of the county is about 1,500 ft. Green up is two weeks later at the house than it is on the other end of the county, and the first freeze is about two weeks sooner at home as well. As such we have about a month shorter growing season than the other end of the same county. That is the bad.</p><p></p><p>The good part about elevation is that I have very little to no slump in fescue growth in July and August that the flat lands have. I try to have 8 4x5 rolls on hand per cow. I rarely need over 5 per cow, but I like to have a buffer. On stocking rate I average 2 acres to a pair on most pasture. Some I can do better on, some worse. Usually the steeper the ground the lower the stocking rate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hillbilly beef man, post: 1542248, member: 4786"] What elevation you looking at Hook? This makes a pretty big difference on how much hay you will need for winter. My creek bottems in Carter Co. are about 2,600 ft with the hill sides going up to 3,500 ft. The other end of the county is about 1,500 ft. Green up is two weeks later at the house than it is on the other end of the county, and the first freeze is about two weeks sooner at home as well. As such we have about a month shorter growing season than the other end of the same county. That is the bad. The good part about elevation is that I have very little to no slump in fescue growth in July and August that the flat lands have. I try to have 8 4x5 rolls on hand per cow. I rarely need over 5 per cow, but I like to have a buffer. On stocking rate I average 2 acres to a pair on most pasture. Some I can do better on, some worse. Usually the steeper the ground the lower the stocking rate. [/QUOTE]
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