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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1742806" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>Stocking rate is more than just acres per cow. Forage may be native grasses or improved pasture and of course, stocking rate needs to be adjusted for forage type, quantity and quality. Here the main grasses are fescue and Bermuda. I see people who say they have fescue, but a closer look shows that they have or had a little fescue. It will be so thin and spotty that the normal stocking rate for fescue will be overstocked for that pasture. Crabgrass will come in later in the summer, but what about prior to that. Point is to be objective in looking at your pastures and don't overstock. Forage availability over the grazing year will change. Don't be tempted to stock based on the best part of the year. People tend to think about breed of cow and quality of bull. Those are important but after that they need enough grass to make the weight. Think about people. Eat every meal off a tiny plate and the weight won't be there. Look at forage as well as genetics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1742806, member: 40418"] Stocking rate is more than just acres per cow. Forage may be native grasses or improved pasture and of course, stocking rate needs to be adjusted for forage type, quantity and quality. Here the main grasses are fescue and Bermuda. I see people who say they have fescue, but a closer look shows that they have or had a little fescue. It will be so thin and spotty that the normal stocking rate for fescue will be overstocked for that pasture. Crabgrass will come in later in the summer, but what about prior to that. Point is to be objective in looking at your pastures and don't overstock. Forage availability over the grazing year will change. Don't be tempted to stock based on the best part of the year. People tend to think about breed of cow and quality of bull. Those are important but after that they need enough grass to make the weight. Think about people. Eat every meal off a tiny plate and the weight won't be there. Look at forage as well as genetics. [/QUOTE]
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