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<blockquote data-quote="chaded" data-source="post: 1639695" data-attributes="member: 33922"><p>Not sure I understand the first part. If I have grass I'm not feeding hay. I am going on the third winter this coming winter so I don't have solid data really, and things have changed. The first winter I bought the cows in the middle of winter. </p><p></p><p>The next season I rotated But had the paddocks were too big so management wasn't right. We also had a 3 month slump with no rain late summer. With that said, I grazed 6 months and fed hay 6 months. Could of grazed a little longer with rain of course. I fed around 90 bales. </p><p></p><p>This year will be interesting. I cut the paddocks down in size, rotated more frequently and added a 20 acre lease in the mix. I should be able to squeeze out at least another month of grazing. The grass was managed better this year and it definitely shows. </p><p></p><p></p><p>The one thing I should mention is that with the 30 acres of hayfield I don't know how much can be grazed in the winter or for how long. There could be some grazing but it gets pretty wet (like standing water in places). It contains a lot of fescue and clover but when they slow down in the hot weather johnsongrass pretty much takes over most of the field.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chaded, post: 1639695, member: 33922"] Not sure I understand the first part. If I have grass I’m not feeding hay. I am going on the third winter this coming winter so I don’t have solid data really, and things have changed. The first winter I bought the cows in the middle of winter. The next season I rotated But had the paddocks were too big so management wasn’t right. We also had a 3 month slump with no rain late summer. With that said, I grazed 6 months and fed hay 6 months. Could of grazed a little longer with rain of course. I fed around 90 bales. This year will be interesting. I cut the paddocks down in size, rotated more frequently and added a 20 acre lease in the mix. I should be able to squeeze out at least another month of grazing. The grass was managed better this year and it definitely shows. The one thing I should mention is that with the 30 acres of hayfield I don’t know how much can be grazed in the winter or for how long. There could be some grazing but it gets pretty wet (like standing water in places). It contains a lot of fescue and clover but when they slow down in the hot weather johnsongrass pretty much takes over most of the field. [/QUOTE]
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