Pastures

[grassfarmer]

A lot of cattle are either being fed in the pastures or have been removed from pastures. I've never seen them this bad before. The poorly managed ones are the hardest hit.

While your area is undoubtedly drier than ours this year it still amazes me how many ranchers/cattle owners/grass farmers manage their pastures to create drought like effects every year.
Checking/moving cows this morning:

Daily moves, controlled grazing

what we leave behind

another group

and their animal impact.
Yet most of the pastures in the area look like this. Same season, same soils, same moisture, same heat.

Doesn't matter how dry or wet your season has been controlled, managed grazing is more sustainable and will always produce more than uncontrolled overgrazing. Given that extension services have been preaching this stuff for 20 years I fail to understand why there are so few people managing their pastures to enhance their bottom line?

[bucket]

Glad you brought this up....guys are asking for the use of pastures because they are grazed out.....not my problem that they doubled their herd without more pasture or better grazing practices.....if I lend them my pasture ....

A. will I be repaid the favour? Not likely....

B. What will I have for my kid other than no banked pasture?

C. Why would I lend my savings account....

I am a prick I know....

[sofa.king]

Grassy you slam sask farmer because he doesn't know what dry is and obviously you don't either by the look of your grass. My tame grass turned brown in June and the cows won't even eat it and as for native prairie grass it never turned green this year. I agree with rotational grazing but if everything is dead what are you supposed to do. I don't ovregraze I stock about 1 pair for every 35 acres and they are nearly out of grass.
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[chuckChuck]

Our area is similar. Rotationally grazed pastures look better and are more productive this year and most years. The overgrazed ones from 2016 look horrible this year even without any grazing.

[grassfarmer]

Grassy you slam sask farmer because he doesn't know what dry is and obviously you don't either by the look of your grass. My tame grass turned brown in June and the cows won't even eat it and as for native prairie grass it never turned green this year. I agree with rotational grazing but if everything is dead what are you supposed to do. I don't ovregraze I stock about 1 pair for every 35 acres and they are nearly out of grass.
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I'm not comparing my grass to yours, i'm comparing it to some right over the fence so your observation is invalid. Overgrazing isn't measured in acres per cow it's a function of recovery time. One cow per 35 acres could be either under grazing or overgrazing depending how long she is on it.

[Hamloc]

I am a bit slow but it just clicked reading your last post Grassfarmer. The reason you and Sask3 butt heads so much is you both have same personality, I am right no I am right. Enjoy your day :-)

[sofa.king]

What if the govt said you had to share your grass with those who ovregraze because you work hard and are a good manager and the lazy poor managers on the other side of the fence don't think it's fair because you have more than they do.I realize this is getting off topic of grass management but it's a good opportunity to make a political statement you can understand. Please post directions to your place cause there is a family of new canadians I know of that needs to find grass for a couple liner loads of goats for next year.

[sofa.king]

Hamloc you may be on to something big here. Saskfarmer and grassfarmer could they actually be the same guy with a split personality. Similar names but constantly at war inside his own head. Hmmmmm!

[Crazyharrows]

Thinking the same thing that's funny lmao.

[AllisWD45]

Have to agree on this one with you Grassfarmer. It's all about grass management. What always has floored me over the years in my neighbourhood is the tremendous effort in time money and management that is put into grain farming to try and get a decent return but when it comes to cows it's get them out of my sight as quickly as possible and see you in the fall and then you wonder why such poor results.
I think a lot of the time it comes down to nose to the ground and ass in the air i got no time for this rotational grazing shit too busy doing it the same way i have for a life time. Just sayin it's what i see.