Posted by Don-Wi on January 30, 2010 at 16:46:33 from (24.196.80.62):
In Reply to: Grazing- Who does it? posted by Don-Wi on January 29, 2010 at 19:44:29:
Never said we weren't buying feed. As a matter of fact we end up buying feed every year, basically all hay. Usually we can make enough corn silage to last us 10 months if we stretch it, or if we can fill a bag we can sometimes make it last 11 months. We've found that being able to bag either 1st crop hay or corn silage, as well as being able to fill both of our small silos with corn, seems to work the best.
Then we can really stretch out our dry hay to last for quite a while. So far they've managed to not have to buy hay yet this winter, but that's only because we had a surplus from buying it off the field in 2008. This year the good hay will probably be out of our reach because of the short supply, but better quality rained on hay should be plentiful and the cows can still milk pretty good from it.
As far as what the pastures would be seeded down with, it sounds like it's still be alfalfa as the main forage, but then we would maybe add timothy or alsac to it as well.
For now, my wife and I are on our way out to go to a show at the theater so I can't tell more at this moment.
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