OT Graze'n soy stuble?

kyplowboy · Nov 25, 2008

Got a quick question.

Have 16 acres of bean ground that was cut Friday. I had to work the weekend and got home this morning. Rained about .75" Monday night. It will take me bout 5 hours to string up a hot wire round it. With the rain and no grass on it to speak of would it be worth my time to mess with fence'n it?

Just wanted to get some of your ideas.

Dave

randallinMo · Nov 25, 2008

No. There's not enough out there to make it worthwhile. Remember, it's going to take you longer to take the fence down than it will to put it up.

kyplowboy · Nov 25, 2008

Thats kinda what I was thinking.

I have turned them out of bean stuble before, but they don't stay after they have been rained on. Some times if there is enough crabgrass they will eat on it for a long time. Guess this year it was just too dry for the crabgrass to grow.

Thanks

Dave

paul · Nov 25, 2008

I would agree, I fence in a 35 acre plot that typically has corn stalks, bean stubble, and oats stubble - the oats will have turnips, clover, alfalfa, possibly peas, and oats regrowth in it. As well there is a field road with some grass.

The cattle do get value from the bean stubble, and especially one very dry fall we had they sucked up every bean hull they could find & left the corn stalks sit.

But, if wet, they quickly tire of them, and as the only choice, probably not worth fencing. I think they like them as a balance to all the other stuff they get to graze here, but would not go for the main/ only course.

I can end up with some happy, fat, and somewhat smelly cattle after a couple months - if the snow stays away.

Turnips have quite an - uh - effect on them.

--->Paul

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