I put up some every year. I "try" to cut it, before it makes seed heads. The stem will be softer, and they'll come more near eating everything you put up. I seem to get more cuttings doing it that way to. Never seen an animal that could resist eating it. I like to square bale mine, and use it on calves that I've bought, and are settling down. Feed em nothing but that for 3 days, and then add a little feed to the equation.