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We may all be missing the boat, by not raising Corrientes!
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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1697285" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>I dunno what people mean when they talk of cows per acre. I always assumed it meant acres grazed. Growing up, my grandad had 43 acres he bought when I was in the 7th grade. Take out for the barns, the 2 acre lake and the hardwood stands, I'd guess there was about 36-38 acres of pasture, He kept 30-35 cows and a bull on it. A couple of years later, he rented a 55 acre pasture from a neighbor who retired. about 1/2 mile away. This one had very little trees except on the fence and cross fence lines. Big creek bordered one side, and a small branch ran through the middle. Just one barn on it, so I am guessing 50 acres or more of grass. He kept 50 head on this. We have a hell of a coastal bermuda field between his house and my parents' house. We raised all of the hay our cows ate off of this filed, squared baled 75-100 each cutting for my horses and for me to sell to horse clients, and never had to buy hay. We could cut it 4 sometimes 5 times a year if the rain came at the right time, though. So, he had 88 acres or so of pasture, and about 85 cows. Would you use the 88 acres of grass, the 98 acres total for both places, or add the hayfield to come up with 96 or 106 acres for those 85 head? You would get 1.03 acres per head if you just used the 88 acres of grass, or 1.25 acres per head, if you used the total acreage. 1.13 head per acre if you just figured the grass and the hayfield in the total. </p><p></p><p>From 1984 when my neighbor died til about 1994, I rented his cattle farm from his widow. 150 acres, with a 50 acre costal bermuda field. The hay barn, horse barn and equipment barn my arena and a couple of small lots took up about 6-8 acres. So that left about 92 acres of fescue and clover , and I kept about 50 Corrientes and 2-8 horses in those pastures. I never let any cow or horse onto the bermuda. I'd have to bush hog the pastures about twice each year, but I had to feed hay too, in the winter. I would have considered just the pastures and come up with 1.5 acres per animal. But good question. curious as to how others figure the head per acre,, just pasture or pasture and hay field combined?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1697285, member: 40587"] I dunno what people mean when they talk of cows per acre. I always assumed it meant acres grazed. Growing up, my grandad had 43 acres he bought when I was in the 7th grade. Take out for the barns, the 2 acre lake and the hardwood stands, I'd guess there was about 36-38 acres of pasture, He kept 30-35 cows and a bull on it. A couple of years later, he rented a 55 acre pasture from a neighbor who retired. about 1/2 mile away. This one had very little trees except on the fence and cross fence lines. Big creek bordered one side, and a small branch ran through the middle. Just one barn on it, so I am guessing 50 acres or more of grass. He kept 50 head on this. We have a hell of a coastal bermuda field between his house and my parents' house. We raised all of the hay our cows ate off of this filed, squared baled 75-100 each cutting for my horses and for me to sell to horse clients, and never had to buy hay. We could cut it 4 sometimes 5 times a year if the rain came at the right time, though. So, he had 88 acres or so of pasture, and about 85 cows. Would you use the 88 acres of grass, the 98 acres total for both places, or add the hayfield to come up with 96 or 106 acres for those 85 head? You would get 1.03 acres per head if you just used the 88 acres of grass, or 1.25 acres per head, if you used the total acreage. 1.13 head per acre if you just figured the grass and the hayfield in the total. From 1984 when my neighbor died til about 1994, I rented his cattle farm from his widow. 150 acres, with a 50 acre costal bermuda field. The hay barn, horse barn and equipment barn my arena and a couple of small lots took up about 6-8 acres. So that left about 92 acres of fescue and clover , and I kept about 50 Corrientes and 2-8 horses in those pastures. I never let any cow or horse onto the bermuda. I'd have to bush hog the pastures about twice each year, but I had to feed hay too, in the winter. I would have considered just the pastures and come up with 1.5 acres per animal. But good question. curious as to how others figure the head per acre,, just pasture or pasture and hay field combined? [/QUOTE]
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