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When do you start feeding hay?
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<blockquote data-quote="novatech" data-source="post: 695263" data-attributes="member: 5494"><p>Timing on feeding hay is an important part of pasture management. I want my cattle to eat down most of the stockpiled forage that is available. I do not want them to eat it to the ground. Grazing to the ground is hard on the cows teeth. Cattle eating with ground contact also enables them to pick up any diseases that are lying in with manure or where ever. Grazing to close also leaves no cover to protect the soil and is in general bad for soil health. If they get the forage eaten down to about 3 inches I will start to feed. Stubble types of grass cannot be grazed short but bermudas can. I do not want to put out hay to early as the cows may prefer it over some of the grasses they would otherwise eat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="novatech, post: 695263, member: 5494"] Timing on feeding hay is an important part of pasture management. I want my cattle to eat down most of the stockpiled forage that is available. I do not want them to eat it to the ground. Grazing to the ground is hard on the cows teeth. Cattle eating with ground contact also enables them to pick up any diseases that are lying in with manure or where ever. Grazing to close also leaves no cover to protect the soil and is in general bad for soil health. If they get the forage eaten down to about 3 inches I will start to feed. Stubble types of grass cannot be grazed short but bermudas can. I do not want to put out hay to early as the cows may prefer it over some of the grasses they would otherwise eat. [/QUOTE]
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