Posted by Jerry/MT on November 16, 2009 at 18:13:16 from (206.183.116.129):
In Reply to: OT: Cow per acre posted by JayinNY on November 16, 2009 at 16:38:28:
Your question is like asking how long a rope is!
Stocking rates are dependent on the productivity of the pastures and that"s a function of soil, plant density, water, and management. We can typically carry about a cow per two acres on our irrigated ground. We have someone custom cut some hay on third of our ground and graze the other two thirds rotationally and then graze the hay pature in like August and September. We buy some alfalfa/grass hay for the last trimester feeding on the cows and we calve in the April-May time period to avoid having to feed a lot of expensive hay to the cow herd after calving.
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