Thank you Dick for that commonsense idea, forage
sampling, of course! My extension agent tho has proven
less than helpful with forage sampling so I will have
to try contacting the Agronomy dept. at UNC State. And
yes I do milk. Sure do appreciate the opportunity to
ask the "kindergarten" questions. Liese in NC
> > From: "Richard and Carol Conklin"
> <jaka@vermontel.net>
> To: <graze-l@witt.ac.nz>
> Subject: [SPAM] - Re: [Graze-l] winter nutrition -
> Email found in subject
> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 03:35:25 -0400
>
> Liese, I presume your breeding your goats--are you
> milking any? IMHO, step
> one would be to take some forage samples from both
> the winter pasture and
> the conventional grazing season, and see what the
> potential 'differences'
> are. No grazing animal will deteriorate in just one
> year unless she is a
> high-production dairy cow, but if you could get that
> nutritional data and
> compare it with the 'defined' needs of your goats,
> you could avert disaster
> down the road. Dick Conklin
>
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