nortexsook
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I was wondering what the typical stocking rate was in "God's own cattle country"? Also it seems like you guys feed a lot of hay. What is the typical hay feeding season there?
Thanks!
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nortexsook said:I was wondering what the typical stocking rate was in "God's own cattle country"? Also it seems like you guys feed a lot of hay. What is the typical hay feeding season there?
Thanks!
Soapweed said:nortexsook said:I was wondering what the typical stocking rate was in "God's own cattle country"? Also it seems like you guys feed a lot of hay. What is the typical hay feeding season there?
Thanks!
On our particular ranch, we figure about 25 acres per cow/calf per year. Others can run on less acres, and some outfits require more. I don't pasture our place as hard as some do, but it always seems to pay to not grub a ranch into the ground. Where there is just a little bit of old grass left in the spring, the new green grass sure gets a better start. We typically feed hay from mid December through mid May. Other more efficient operators seem to get by feeding less hay. :wink:
Grassfarmer said:Soapweed said:nortexsook said:I was wondering what the typical stocking rate was in "God's own cattle country"? Also it seems like you guys feed a lot of hay. What is the typical hay feeding season there?
Thanks!
On our particular ranch, we figure about 25 acres per cow/calf per year. Others can run on less acres, and some outfits require more. I don't pasture our place as hard as some do, but it always seems to pay to not grub a ranch into the ground. Where there is just a little bit of old grass left in the spring, the new green grass sure gets a better start. We typically feed hay from mid December through mid May. Other more efficient operators seem to get by feeding less hay. :wink:
Does that 25 acres count the land growing the hay required for each cow? That's a lot of acres per cow compared to our country - I run a cow on just under 6 acres for 9 months of the year and buy in all our winter feed. We are still way below our stocking potential too due to previous pasture mis-management.
nortexsook said:I was wondering what the typical stocking rate was in "God's own cattle country"? Also it seems like you guys feed a lot of hay. What is the typical hay feeding season there?
Thanks!