Bill, Are your cows milking? If they are, I'd urge you to get a forage
sample of this 'crop', and then measure intake. Flip side?--if they're not
milkers, have fun! Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill & Ingrid Los" <bill.ink.los@sympatico.ca>
To: "Graze-l" <graze-l@witt.ac.nz>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 5:34 PM
Subject: [Graze-l] grazing corn
> Hello everyone!
> I have often thought about grazing corn but have never tried it. One
> drawback for me has been the fact that it is not ready for grazing until
> late summer or early fall. So yesterday I got this brainwave to leave
> corn in the field all winter and then, in the spring and summer, let
> the cattle graze corn and pasture. (I don't have silo space for corn
> silage all year round).
> Has anyone else tried this? Do cattle graze old dried out corn? We
> can sometimes get lots of snow here so will the crop loss be too great?
> I look forward to your comments and feel free to laugh at my silly
> brainwave!
>
> Bill Los Ontario Canada
>
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