Every time there is a mild fall followed by an early spring we have extension people talk up grazing around here. The reality is the other 8 or 9 years out of 10 the grasses go dormant by the first of November but production falls off before then. Then instead of being 58 and sunny March 1 it is 25 degrees F with 18 inches of snow. The bottom line is we are too far north to have it work. I agree on the Holstein genetics somewhat. Instead of having 3 year olds at 975 pounds and pushing 100 precent silage it might be better to go the route my one grandfather went and had 3 year old Holsteins over 1100 pounds that convert hay fairly well on ground that was not much good for corn silage though he put up a little. He had cows back in the 1960's that made over 20,000 lbs milk with minimal supplements. Today it is almost a wash because of the cost of supplements to push from the low 20's to almost 30K or more. I hear what you are saying about reduced operating cost but some of these guys are reduced to the point of being hired men without being expressly labeled that. I hear of operations where everything is leased including the land and buildings. If you come in at the right point of the cycle you have several good income years to build equity. If not you have to leverage what little equity you have to get the bank to hopefully carry you to the better income times where you have to pay that money back among other things. Maybe I need to see a successful grazing operation up close to really get excited about it.
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