I am having a hard time feeling to sympathetic to your situation. The only point you have is that he should be completely responsible for any fence repairs as it is his cattle that caused it. As for the stocking rate, unless you specified an exact number in the beginning, mind your own business, he rented the land and is managing it how he feels is best in the situation. He is not going to ruin the land or even the forage stand by running the numbers you are talking, so what is your point, you like seeing a pasture that has a 3 foot of grass in it all the time. Even if he was running 40 full grown milk cows on 115 acres, if fertilized and rotated correctly, he would not be over stocking. So what if his cattle ate 6 months of grass in 3 months, which really doesn't make sense anyways. Grass has the most nutritional value when it is young, not when it is 5 months old, tall and fibrous. So if he has put that many head on the land to use the forage while it has the most nutritional value, he is being a sound manager. He is using the grass that is there and will have to supplement the pasture when the growing spurt of the forage is past. I graze dairy heifers and have done the same thing for the past 5 years. You stock the acres to use the grass when it is at its best, not stock it low so you have something for them to eat all season, because if you did this, they end up having mature stemmy crap to eat by the middle of the season. I would get on the guys case about the ill care of the fence, he should be on it pronto. But I can't fault him about what he is paying per acre, regardless of what the going rate is in your area. You agreed to the original amount, so you have nothing to complain about. If you don't like it, deal with it till next year when a new contract can be set. As far as stocking rate, he rented the land for grazing and is managing it as he thinks is best. He is not hurting your land in the slightest, he is using the land to get the most best feed for his cattle. I do not see that you have much to complain about as far as stocking rate. You have every right to lease the land to someone else next year but suspect that you will have a problem with who ever is there because you will second guess how they are managing feeding their cattle.
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