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<blockquote data-quote="Little Joe" data-source="post: 1661953" data-attributes="member: 39122"><p>I hate driving by some farms where the pasture looks like you run over it with a riding mower with the deck set as low as it would go, I just wonder how often they have to worm to keep those cows from being eat up and some I can tell the cows are bad wormy, rough hair coats and thin. I don't think one has to be as extensive as Judy but I think you have to do some kind of rotation or very, very low stocking density. The grass has to have some sort of rest period. Right now I rotate between 3-7 days depending on the paddock and access to water. Like I said I plan to install more water so I can get to daily moves. The rep from NRCS came and looked at my place last February about the waterers, she stated that I already had more grazable grass coming out of winter than alot of others around would have mid April and that's with just rotating 3-7 days and providing a sacrifice area for haying. I'm anxious to see what it'll be after a few years of daily moves. New place I bought also has fescue so I plan to stockpile to get down to very little haying. Right now I've still got some poor areas so I don't mind feeding more hay to help those areas, I buy my fertilized hay from a neighbor for $25/ bale delivered, can't do much better than that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Little Joe, post: 1661953, member: 39122"] I hate driving by some farms where the pasture looks like you run over it with a riding mower with the deck set as low as it would go, I just wonder how often they have to worm to keep those cows from being eat up and some I can tell the cows are bad wormy, rough hair coats and thin. I don't think one has to be as extensive as Judy but I think you have to do some kind of rotation or very, very low stocking density. The grass has to have some sort of rest period. Right now I rotate between 3-7 days depending on the paddock and access to water. Like I said I plan to install more water so I can get to daily moves. The rep from NRCS came and looked at my place last February about the waterers, she stated that I already had more grazable grass coming out of winter than alot of others around would have mid April and that's with just rotating 3-7 days and providing a sacrifice area for haying. I'm anxious to see what it'll be after a few years of daily moves. New place I bought also has fescue so I plan to stockpile to get down to very little haying. Right now I've still got some poor areas so I don't mind feeding more hay to help those areas, I buy my fertilized hay from a neighbor for $25/ bale delivered, can't do much better than that. [/QUOTE]
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