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Whats your stocking rate?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1336557" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>It does not work for us every year, but in good summers we can let some bermudagrass and other summer pastures stay tall and then graze frost-killed standing grass until mid December. If it is not there (drought) then we have put cows in a sacrifice area that needs fertility and fed unrolled hay after frost for 30 days or so to give winter grazing time to possibly get rain and grow. It is lot easier feeding hay in late November and early December to cows after weaning and to calve in February. Hay quality does not need to need as high. But it all comes down to stocking rate. We run from 2.5 to 3.5 acres per pair depending on season, rain amount, sale decisions, ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1336557, member: 24565"] It does not work for us every year, but in good summers we can let some bermudagrass and other summer pastures stay tall and then graze frost-killed standing grass until mid December. If it is not there (drought) then we have put cows in a sacrifice area that needs fertility and fed unrolled hay after frost for 30 days or so to give winter grazing time to possibly get rain and grow. It is lot easier feeding hay in late November and early December to cows after weaning and to calve in February. Hay quality does not need to need as high. But it all comes down to stocking rate. We run from 2.5 to 3.5 acres per pair depending on season, rain amount, sale decisions, ... [/QUOTE]
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