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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Reynolds" data-source="post: 1832402" data-attributes="member: 43196"><p>Kenny, about the placement of the water and the mineral feeder.......I suggest a different arrangement. Your aim is to get uniform utilization across the whole pasture. There are 3 components to a grazing system that can and will result in cattle loafing around them. They are shade, water and mineral. Concentrating any 2 of these or all 3 in one spot results in animals spending a disproportinate amount of time in that area. That results in uneven utilization (spot overgrazing) nutrient sinks (more urine and manure deposited near/on the site than elsewhere) and underutilization of the remainder of the pasture. It may only be a slight effect each year, but will add up over the course of time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Reynolds, post: 1832402, member: 43196"] Kenny, about the placement of the water and the mineral feeder.......I suggest a different arrangement. Your aim is to get uniform utilization across the whole pasture. There are 3 components to a grazing system that can and will result in cattle loafing around them. They are shade, water and mineral. Concentrating any 2 of these or all 3 in one spot results in animals spending a disproportinate amount of time in that area. That results in uneven utilization (spot overgrazing) nutrient sinks (more urine and manure deposited near/on the site than elsewhere) and underutilization of the remainder of the pasture. It may only be a slight effect each year, but will add up over the course of time. [/QUOTE]
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