Stupid Question

[AngusCowBoy]

I have a stupid question, when people turn cows out onto harvested wheat or barley stubble what do they eat?

 

[Lonecowboy]

stubble, straw, chaff, weeds, grass on the edges of field and waterways etc., in the right conditions spilled over grain sprouts and grows.

 

[Anonymous]

Worst problem I have with trying to bed down calving cows with straw is that they eat it all.... :shock:

Some of the newer wheat genetic blends straw is almost like candy to cows- and on continuous cropping they will eat it both in the fall and spring.....

What we get some years in the fall because of wind/light hail storms is volunteer wheat in the stubble coming up in the fall--- and fat calves....

A forage creep!! :wink: :lol:

 

[Whitewing]

I recently turned out a group of skinny young bulls on to a harvested sorghum field. I was not only amazed at how long they managed to graze that field, but amazed at how well they recouperated eating what looked like almost nothing.