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<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 481966" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>We use alfalfa somewhat differently. We use it as a supplement on veld in dry conditions. You can get away with feeding very little alfalfa this way, even to lactating cows. The main difference is that we don't have the cold to combat since my dry season is during the summer and in the area where I farm its alfalfa country and its used as a 5 year rotational crop with vineyards. Most of the wine farms are too small to run stock and since small dairies struggle to make ends meet, it usually means alfalfa is readily available. This alfalfa is grown under irrigation and is cut 5 times in summer and twice in winter. The winter cuts are used for baleage.</p><p></p><p>A next door neighbour who has more alfalfa than his cattle can consume feeds it 365 days a year and his cattle are always fat, wean heavy calves and the heifers have no problems calving in the veld.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 481966, member: 4353"] We use alfalfa somewhat differently. We use it as a supplement on veld in dry conditions. You can get away with feeding very little alfalfa this way, even to lactating cows. The main difference is that we don't have the cold to combat since my dry season is during the summer and in the area where I farm its alfalfa country and its used as a 5 year rotational crop with vineyards. Most of the wine farms are too small to run stock and since small dairies struggle to make ends meet, it usually means alfalfa is readily available. This alfalfa is grown under irrigation and is cut 5 times in summer and twice in winter. The winter cuts are used for baleage. A next door neighbour who has more alfalfa than his cattle can consume feeds it 365 days a year and his cattle are always fat, wean heavy calves and the heifers have no problems calving in the veld. [/QUOTE]
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