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<blockquote data-quote="wstevenl" data-source="post: 529507" data-attributes="member: 8201"><p>That's a big part of the problem.... I don't know how much they will eat in a day. The grass is planted but I have no idea what the forage quality will be later this year, much less in the future. </p><p></p><p>What I did do is use a mid range number of lbs of forage produced on one acre in once cutting of hay, or one grazing cycle... I then estimated each head eating 2.5% body weight each day and came up with an estimate of paddock size for 3 days of grazing. This would totally be a ballpark figure I know and I'll have to just see how it works out but it gave me 1/3acre pasture, moving every 3 days. I just wondered if anyone else would have a better way to estimate paddocks that would be needed so that the water placement would be handy. </p><p></p><p>Thanks for all your ideas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wstevenl, post: 529507, member: 8201"] That's a big part of the problem.... I don't know how much they will eat in a day. The grass is planted but I have no idea what the forage quality will be later this year, much less in the future. What I did do is use a mid range number of lbs of forage produced on one acre in once cutting of hay, or one grazing cycle... I then estimated each head eating 2.5% body weight each day and came up with an estimate of paddock size for 3 days of grazing. This would totally be a ballpark figure I know and I'll have to just see how it works out but it gave me 1/3acre pasture, moving every 3 days. I just wondered if anyone else would have a better way to estimate paddocks that would be needed so that the water placement would be handy. Thanks for all your ideas. [/QUOTE]
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