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Came home to father saying third week of may was the time for first cut(which often became June if there were weather/contractor issues) and then spending the following winter wondering why we had negative milk from forage. Took a few years to join the dots....
As for bulk, growing stem simply dilutes the digestible material in the sward. You wouldn't dream of trying to graze milkers on a three cut silage sward - so why offer it to them in fermented form?
Came home to father saying third week of may was the time for first cut(which often became June if there were weather/contractor issues) and then spending the following winter wondering why we had negative milk from forage. Took a few years to join the dots....