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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 646862" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>In Wisconsin I am still feeding hay and will be until about May 1. North and west there is another snowstorm coming. Mine are in a sacrifice area for another 2 weeks then to a small south facing pasture for 30 days and hopefully most of the calving. </p><p></p><p>This is another reason I am trying to compress the calving season. I'm looking for 20-30 days max. I know it can't be done. But if cows and bull are in top shape by July 4th maybe it will help.</p><p></p><p>There is no green grass yet to speak of. If allowed on any wet pasture it will really be destroyed right now. Everyone is running out of hay. </p><p></p><p>Thank goodness for the corn stalks for the steers and bull. I will have to leave them on the stalks until about May 1 with the hay situation. I need to get the grazed corn fields ready to plant corn again about the 2nd or 3rd week in May. </p><p></p><p>Next year I will have the cornstalks divided better so we can have his and hers stalks up until just a week or so prior to calving start. If the areas are sized correctly the grain will be mostly gone by early or mid Feb then they can wander and graze the husks and stalks more and not get fat nor require as much hay as they have since I pulled the cows from the stalks about Feb 1.</p><p></p><p>FWIW in the north.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 646862, member: 7509"] In Wisconsin I am still feeding hay and will be until about May 1. North and west there is another snowstorm coming. Mine are in a sacrifice area for another 2 weeks then to a small south facing pasture for 30 days and hopefully most of the calving. This is another reason I am trying to compress the calving season. I'm looking for 20-30 days max. I know it can't be done. But if cows and bull are in top shape by July 4th maybe it will help. There is no green grass yet to speak of. If allowed on any wet pasture it will really be destroyed right now. Everyone is running out of hay. Thank goodness for the corn stalks for the steers and bull. I will have to leave them on the stalks until about May 1 with the hay situation. I need to get the grazed corn fields ready to plant corn again about the 2nd or 3rd week in May. Next year I will have the cornstalks divided better so we can have his and hers stalks up until just a week or so prior to calving start. If the areas are sized correctly the grain will be mostly gone by early or mid Feb then they can wander and graze the husks and stalks more and not get fat nor require as much hay as they have since I pulled the cows from the stalks about Feb 1. FWIW in the north. [/QUOTE]
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