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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Reynolds" data-source="post: 1816681" data-attributes="member: 43196"><p>I didn't mean to send us off topic by mentioning spring N application, but this will help to address grass tetany concerns. Cutting back N application in the spring will help as not applying any N at all, but better options are probably first, provide a high Magnesium mineral supplement. A second preventative measure is to adjust your calving timing. Adjusting or eliminating N application in the spring will result in minerals (Magnesium) not being quite as diluted in the fresh spring grasses as growth rate will be a bit slower. The following article should help.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://extension.tennessee.edu/publications/Documents/W789.pdf[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Graze your cornstalks before you graze your stockpiled fescue. The corn stalks will break down to poor quality in a month's time. Fescue quality should still be good enough that supplement isn't needed until possibly February, and likely not at all. (You'll have to forage test in Jan and Feb to really know)</p><p></p><p>How short had you grazed the fescue the last time it was grazed? How tall is it now? And how tall is the red clover? Picture?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Reynolds, post: 1816681, member: 43196"] I didn't mean to send us off topic by mentioning spring N application, but this will help to address grass tetany concerns. Cutting back N application in the spring will help as not applying any N at all, but better options are probably first, provide a high Magnesium mineral supplement. A second preventative measure is to adjust your calving timing. Adjusting or eliminating N application in the spring will result in minerals (Magnesium) not being quite as diluted in the fresh spring grasses as growth rate will be a bit slower. The following article should help. [URL unfurl="true"]https://extension.tennessee.edu/publications/Documents/W789.pdf[/URL] Graze your cornstalks before you graze your stockpiled fescue. The corn stalks will break down to poor quality in a month's time. Fescue quality should still be good enough that supplement isn't needed until possibly February, and likely not at all. (You'll have to forage test in Jan and Feb to really know) How short had you grazed the fescue the last time it was grazed? How tall is it now? And how tall is the red clover? Picture? [/QUOTE]
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