I have an area that is hard to farm so I decided to try a little something different. it is about 5 acres all together. 1 acre of brome, 1 of millet, and 3 of alfalfa. after I took off the 3rd cutting of hay, I turned in the cows. I made sure to keep a bale of praire hay in there to be sure they had something other than the alfalfa.
I ran 21 cows on this patch. and they never got ran down, or hungry for more. took about 1 bale a week, basicaly for dry roughage.
all my neighbors said I would have dead cows, but I was sure it would work!!
I am planning on fencing off more alfalfa this next spring. I could easily run 120 cows on the home 1/4, and keep 40 acres in corn for fall grazing!
I ran 21 cows on this patch. and they never got ran down, or hungry for more. took about 1 bale a week, basicaly for dry roughage.
all my neighbors said I would have dead cows, but I was sure it would work!!
I am planning on fencing off more alfalfa this next spring. I could easily run 120 cows on the home 1/4, and keep 40 acres in corn for fall grazing!