I have paddocks that are currently in crested wheat/ brome & alf and I want to use them to further extend the grazing season. It would appear to me that its "best" to bale graze more rather than knock out the mix and convert some to cereal swath grazing? How about swath grazing the mix vs bale grazing? I do not have any acres seeded to annual crops for swath grazing. Does swath grazing of a cereal provide alternatives/benefits/limitations that bale grazing grass/alf mix doesnt? (field roughness, costs of :harrowing, baling, incorporation of manure/ residue, baling, seeding) It is my limited experience that bale grazing a mixed grass paddock is superior to that of stock piling the same mixed grass/alf. The cost of rolling it up is made up by the carrying capacity. My goal is 50% forage for cows and 50% left behind. When I stockpile it cows are only using in the 20% range or removing 600 lbs/ac vs yield of about 3000 lbs/ac. I have to make some estimates to get to those numbers or am I letting the girls off too easy in working for their groceries? I would appreciate any thoughts and experience.