Cows look pretty good

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SVcummins

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• Oct 25, 2020

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Lots of feed left .

 

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Kow Farmer

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• Oct 25, 2020

• #1

Nothing better than cattle on pasture. Thank you for the pics sir. Kow Farmer Kurt

 

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Traditional Farmer

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• Oct 26, 2020

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Will they actually eat that dried up grass and is there any nutritional value to it?

 

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Mark-Ia

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• Oct 26, 2020

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What do you think a bale of hay is?

 

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larry@stinescorner

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• Oct 26, 2020

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thanks for the great pictures!!!!!

 

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SVcummins

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• Oct 26, 2020

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They gain a lot of weight on the late fall grass you can see the calves grow every week

 

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Traditional Farmer

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Virginia

• Oct 26, 2020

• #1

I cut my hay and let it cure and bale it in a day or 2,if it was let to dry out for a couple months I doubt it would have any nutritional value.Do you leave your hay cut for a month or 2 before raking and baling? Around here any grass that looked like that would be totally useless for grazing.

 

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SVcummins

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• Oct 26, 2020

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They do good on the grass trust me there’s about 10,000 head in this valley between all the different ranches we wouldn’t have the cattle here if they didn’t do well on it

 

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SVcummins

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• Oct 26, 2020

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And your goat hay still isn’t as good as my grass

 

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matthies

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• Oct 26, 2020

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Those cows out west will eat anything. Had some around my house on corn stalks one year, swear they baled the stalks, as the cows didn't leave much there.

 

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OregonAaron

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• Oct 26, 2020

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I have range cattle on the high desert of eastern Oregon, you should see their grass... SV's grass looks amazing compared to our stuff! A mixture of bunch grass, ryegrass, crested wheat, and cheatgrass mixed in between the sagebrush and rabbit brush. The cheatgrass is terrible and I'm working on slowing reclaiming ground from the sage and planting ryegrass to choke out the cheatgrass. The cattle here do well though, mine have filled out nicely, you just dont get many cattle per acre.

 

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SVcummins

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• Oct 26, 2020

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Cattle do really well this time of year every time you ride
through the calves get bigger

 

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SVcummins

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• Oct 26, 2020

• #1

You’re welcome

 

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Traditional Farmer

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Virginia

• Oct 26, 2020

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Yea I don't know your area that is why I asked,around here grass like that would be dried up broom sage,dried up switch grass or dried up Johnson grass all would be a Zero in feed value.Right now my pastures are still green and growing with mostly Fescue and Ladino Clover cattle gain good on it.

 

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4520BW

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• Oct 26, 2020

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That's what I thought when I seen the picture too. That's the best thing about this site, seeing how different farming is accross the states

 

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4520BW

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• Oct 26, 2020

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Do you leave the cows out on pasture all winter?

 

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coonie minnie

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• Oct 26, 2020

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We had a vet- now deceased- who grew up in eastern Colorado. He claimed that grass hay- due to the type of grass, growing conditions, etc. in the west had typically higher energy content than eastern grass. Could be. As far as dead vs alive, it still has a lot of feed value as dead grass. While the plant sugars disappear, the plant will still have a lot of fiber- and ruminants are fiber digesters- as well as protein and minerals. As good as fresh spring grass? No. Keep a mama cow with calf through the winter? Yes.

 

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JayinNY

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• Oct 26, 2020

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Alot better than a feed lot!

 

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OregonAaron

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• Oct 26, 2020

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Our cattle stay out on the range all winter. When it is -20 degrees they are still out. However, at those low temps I go thru some serious hay.