Jdunn55
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- Helston, cornwall
So following on from the discussion in all things dairy, when's the best time to graze grass?
My butterfat is low - too low really, it was around 3.8-3.9 but has dropped over the past 10 days to 3.6
I can obviously increase that by feeding a fibre source which is what I'm doing currently as grass is not growing very fast atm due to a lack of moisture, however in a normal time when grass is growing I shouldn't be doing this
What @Cows 'n grass said about grazing higher covers resulting in higher fibre (more stalk) and also being more resilient when grass growth is slow made perfect sense to me. The higher fibre would obviously help my butterfat
However I also understand that grazing higher covers = lower me and therefore less milk
Whats best?
My cows are more than capable of bringing a cover of 4000 down to 1600, so I'm not worried about being unable to hit the correct residual
Thanks
My butterfat is low - too low really, it was around 3.8-3.9 but has dropped over the past 10 days to 3.6
I can obviously increase that by feeding a fibre source which is what I'm doing currently as grass is not growing very fast atm due to a lack of moisture, however in a normal time when grass is growing I shouldn't be doing this
What @Cows 'n grass said about grazing higher covers resulting in higher fibre (more stalk) and also being more resilient when grass growth is slow made perfect sense to me. The higher fibre would obviously help my butterfat
However I also understand that grazing higher covers = lower me and therefore less milk
Whats best?
My cows are more than capable of bringing a cover of 4000 down to 1600, so I'm not worried about being unable to hit the correct residual
Thanks