Hi,
Stock piled pasture can be excellent beef cow feed but is probably not
dairy quality pasture, should be ok for dry cows but it can vary a lot in
quality depending upon the species you are stockpiling.
Jim Ahrens
West Branch, IA
On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Pam Cowles wrote:
> You raise an interesting point at the end of your message. (And thanks so much for all of your input!)
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> From: Mark Hall
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> However, there probably are inventive ways to get around having one (a tractor)
> altogether, especially if you can do a lot of grazing and stockpiling,
> as we are moving towards.
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> When you say "stockpiling" does this mean let some pasture grow as winter is approaching and let the cows graze
that instead of feeding hay? If this is what that means, what about the quality of the feed value in comparison to hay that is
baled at its prime?
