Posted by Don-Wi on January 30, 2010 at 11:57:58 from (24.196.80.62):
In Reply to: Grazing- Who does it? posted by Don-Wi on January 29, 2010 at 19:44:29:
I've read all the posts so far and some guys seem to be pretty helpful. It at least sounds doable with our herd that averages around 50 head total. Right now we keep our girls in a small pasture and feed them either corn or haylage from a bag, or dry hay from the barn. When inside they get corn silage from the silos and dry hay. We also feed oats, but not regularly and other than that no grains.
The guy working with my dad is from the NRCS, and was originally working with us in other areas and was working with us to get soil samples from all of our fields and try to come up with a nutrient management program for our land. He has a beef herd that he owns, his father manages, so he has some experience at it. It just isn't dairy experience.
As far as the fence, the 5 wire would be the perimeter, and then the 50 acres would be split up into 10 pastures, with each pasture being split 5 more times with temporary fencing. I'm not on the farm very often, so it's mainly my dad's decision, but it does have an impact on me as well so I am trying to learn what I can.
The soonest we could possibly do this would be 2011, but that's if the field manager from the milk company doesn't cause us more problems with our milkhouse which he seems to be trying. He wants us to go grade A by August, which would mean a new milkhouse. He also wants us to replace our cooler, which is fairly old but it serves the purpose and was just tuned up this past fall.
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