Old School Grass Monitoring

[Northern Rancher]

This pic was taken on Oct. 8 out in a native meadow-the rule of thumb up here is if the manure is still pieing and not stacking the grass still has them gaining. The problem with sending a clipped sample away up here is it tells you more about where you were not where you are. A strange year up here-our leaves never turned up here just blew off dead green in the windstorm Saturday night.

 

[bverellen]

Another good thread!!!! I enjoyed the botany threads also.

Were you being sarcastic when you said "old school"?

That's kinda the way it was explained to me. The pie was showing a higher protien content than a stacked pile does.

Thanks.

bart.

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[Faster horses]

What are you? A sh** inspector????? :wink:

Anyway that was an old school joke back in '02 when I was
in school. (And '02 does not mean 2002 !!!!!!!!)
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Grassfarmer]

I see NR is talking crap again :wink: :lol: Well here's my "contribution"

Taken November 2nd - plenty splash factor still!

 

[hillsdown]

I noticed today that my cows are really loose out on pasture compared to what they were a month ago.

Thanks for the info NR and GF I didn't know that grass could get richer later in the season. I guess the girls can stay out longer which is a very good thing right now.

It is amazing what their manure can tell you isn't it..

 

[per]

This

Begets this...

 

[little bow rancher]

well I'm sure we I can find the same thing in are pasture but I'm not going to take a picture, we'll have this whole thread on poop pictures , but the grass looks good

 

[Denny]

We have alot of grass like that on most of our hayfields. Only problem is deer hunters own the land and the deer rate higher than cows. We'll be feeding this weekend. Once we get calves weaned and deer season is over we may go back and graze some but we could have alot of snow by then also. I know they can graze thru it. If it gets warm than real cold the snow may crust so hard there is no way to graze thru it.

I have 25 acres of corn thats under water so once it freezes they can go take care of it.

Trucking plays a big part in decisions this time of year the weather can change pretty fast.A few weeks of hay feeding may be the lowest cost this time of year.