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<blockquote data-quote="plbcattle" data-source="post: 230953" data-attributes="member: 171"><p>I know know one knows for sure uf it will continue but it sure looks like it at my farm. I have rotated, fertilized, seeded, everything I know to do and with current temps approching 100 and very little rain this summer, we are about a week from being out of grass.I have 160 acres that I use for harvesting hay from. First cutting was about half what it normally is. The grass is growing but not very dense. Should I continue to graze where I am now and cut the 160ac or run the cattle on it and not get another hay cutting unless we get some rain. I have rotated pastures and even in the pastures I am keeping the cattle off, the growth is not very good. I am wondering if I continue to bail the hay and start to maybe feed a little early and have hay or I can turn the cattle on my hay ground and run the risk of not getting much rain the rest of the summer and hurting my hay for this winter. I am going to cull 15-25 breds, pairs or older cows. I have kept the best I raise over the years so I wouldn't call them culls from a production standpoint but something that must be done. I have never raised cattle through 2 consecutive droughts. Last year my cows were WAY ahead of my grass growth and we got a little rain and had hope this summer but that quickly was met with heat and no rain. any tips would be appreciated</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="plbcattle, post: 230953, member: 171"] I know know one knows for sure uf it will continue but it sure looks like it at my farm. I have rotated, fertilized, seeded, everything I know to do and with current temps approching 100 and very little rain this summer, we are about a week from being out of grass.I have 160 acres that I use for harvesting hay from. First cutting was about half what it normally is. The grass is growing but not very dense. Should I continue to graze where I am now and cut the 160ac or run the cattle on it and not get another hay cutting unless we get some rain. I have rotated pastures and even in the pastures I am keeping the cattle off, the growth is not very good. I am wondering if I continue to bail the hay and start to maybe feed a little early and have hay or I can turn the cattle on my hay ground and run the risk of not getting much rain the rest of the summer and hurting my hay for this winter. I am going to cull 15-25 breds, pairs or older cows. I have kept the best I raise over the years so I wouldn't call them culls from a production standpoint but something that must be done. I have never raised cattle through 2 consecutive droughts. Last year my cows were WAY ahead of my grass growth and we got a little rain and had hope this summer but that quickly was met with heat and no rain. any tips would be appreciated [/QUOTE]
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