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The "NO HAY" approach
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<blockquote data-quote="gberry" data-source="post: 732620" data-attributes="member: 3325"><p>I have been kicking around the idea of "mob grazing" to try and extend our grazing to year round. By concentrating our stock to 100,000 lb/acre stock density, we could extend our rest period to at least 75 days. Of course, the problem is a 75 day rest period would probably lead to lower quality forage than needed for cows with calves. This problem aside, if our rotation was 75 or more days, I believe you could start no-tilling ryegrass in October as you made your rotations and have ryegrass ready to graze by the time you reached the start again. </p><p></p><p>I have read about Joel Salatin and Greg Judy mob grazing older forage like this with good results. I believe Salatin's climate would be more similar to our than Judy's, but both would likely have forage that would maintain higher levels of nutrition than our bermuda and bahia grass at 75 days growth. I think establishing white clover or similar legumes may counteract the lower quality bahia, but we have had some difficulty establishing legumes.</p><p></p><p>Of course, this would require quite a bit more work, but less than making hay. I'm just not sure how much animal performance would suffer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gberry, post: 732620, member: 3325"] I have been kicking around the idea of "mob grazing" to try and extend our grazing to year round. By concentrating our stock to 100,000 lb/acre stock density, we could extend our rest period to at least 75 days. Of course, the problem is a 75 day rest period would probably lead to lower quality forage than needed for cows with calves. This problem aside, if our rotation was 75 or more days, I believe you could start no-tilling ryegrass in October as you made your rotations and have ryegrass ready to graze by the time you reached the start again. I have read about Joel Salatin and Greg Judy mob grazing older forage like this with good results. I believe Salatin's climate would be more similar to our than Judy's, but both would likely have forage that would maintain higher levels of nutrition than our bermuda and bahia grass at 75 days growth. I think establishing white clover or similar legumes may counteract the lower quality bahia, but we have had some difficulty establishing legumes. Of course, this would require quite a bit more work, but less than making hay. I'm just not sure how much animal performance would suffer. [/QUOTE]
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