Turning in on Grass

[Sugar Creek]

Since I buy most of my hay, I am usually low on stored feed by mid-March. Never take the cows off pasture and they lose their interest in hay on warm days pretty early.
Is this very harmful to the grass and lower its production?
I supplement with a little grain during this transition period.
Never had any problem with the cows.

 

[dun]

If they crop the field pretty close during this time frame, it will slow it down for it's best production. But if you rotationally graze and pull it out of the rotation it will come back just fine, then graze it once lightly in the late summer and stockpile it for over the winter. Gives the cows something to do insread of standing around the hay bunk plus will have a lceaner environment for calving on.

dun

 

[Sugar Creek]

Thanks, Dun, for your thoughtful replies. I enjoy reading a lot of the joshing around but value the forum most as a place to ask what some might think simple questions, yet get valuable comments.