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<blockquote data-quote="Red Boots Farm" data-source="post: 1570291" data-attributes="member: 32787"><p>Lots of good information on this forum, thanks!</p><p>Good quality pasture; we ease them into it slowly. Currently we are using good quality long-stem grass hay, round bales, until we get our own hay in later. We have baled an oat/barley/field pea blend, plus medium quality grass hay. We are still fine-tuning this year's seeding plan (first year alfalfa, so oats first, and grass). Alfalfa is for the diary goats primarily.</p><p>ADG goals are would be maintenance for the heifer (I assume) as we are breeding her; the feeder calf is Charolais X so he'll finish more slowly anyway. What is a good ADG goal for a steer finished on forage? </p><p>The 2 steers we just butchered had about 2.75 – 3.09 ADG at the end, on pasture, hay and grain (18 lb grain each daily w/Bovigain). We switched to an open-pollinated heritage corn at the end with high protein content. They loved it.</p><p>Thanks for the tip on the corn standard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Red Boots Farm, post: 1570291, member: 32787"] Lots of good information on this forum, thanks! Good quality pasture; we ease them into it slowly. Currently we are using good quality long-stem grass hay, round bales, until we get our own hay in later. We have baled an oat/barley/field pea blend, plus medium quality grass hay. We are still fine-tuning this year's seeding plan (first year alfalfa, so oats first, and grass). Alfalfa is for the diary goats primarily. ADG goals are would be maintenance for the heifer (I assume) as we are breeding her; the feeder calf is Charolais X so he'll finish more slowly anyway. What is a good ADG goal for a steer finished on forage? The 2 steers we just butchered had about 2.75 – 3.09 ADG at the end, on pasture, hay and grain (18 lb grain each daily w/Bovigain). We switched to an open-pollinated heritage corn at the end with high protein content. They loved it. Thanks for the tip on the corn standard. [/QUOTE]
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