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Scribner, NE | Found this through Google at http://www.iowabeefcenter.org/Research_Projects/Custom-grazing-surv...
No matter how you do this any more than 5 to 8 cows requires that most of the forage needs to be brought in.
Table 1. Average stocking rate for stockers during
the grazing season
Tall, cool-season grasses
(Brome, orchard grass, etc.)
.7 acres/stocker
Tall fescue pasture .85 acres/stocker
Improved legume/grass pasture .66 acres/stocker
Table 2. Average stocking rate for cow-calf pairs
during the grazing season
Tall, cool-season grasses
(Brome, orchard grass, etc.)
2.1 acres/pair
Tall fescue pasture 2.45 acres/pair
Improved legume/grass pasture 1.66 acres/pair | |
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Building a cow herd in the middle of IA corn country
