Hi, very informative thanks. You don’t need shade, it’s a protein excess. - move them more regularly and leave your grass taller, this gives them the opportunity to eat at the top of the plants where the energy is highest - when they graze the bottoms/everything they get too much protein. Good luck

31:44 I have always thought to myself to create a feed for a cow with 1/4 Silage, 1/4 boiled grains, 1/4 hay from grass or tree hay, 1/4 (Rice/grain husk + an oil seed like sesame or mustard in equal proportion) . In India they raise dairy cows in feed lots, and they feed this as diet for dairy buffaloes and cows. Interesting video thank you.

How to calculate Forage quality index?

Very informative. Thank you

Excellent information. Thanks

Thank you, this was really insightful for someone new to the industry and looking to set up

I run stockers on grass and rotate in northern Missouri. You are on the right track. But a little grain every day will go a long way. Without it you just are not going to get significant gains with sale barn cattle.

Think you could send that spread sheet to me?

There is a farmers coop here by me in Texas that sells 1000 pounds of nitrogen fertilizer for about 775$, may be something good to look into for your area. Coop here will even mix herbicide into fertilizer for me, costs 12$ an acre to completely cover a field with duracor. One thing I found that helps a lot for me raising stocker cattle is that if an animal is having a lot of difficulty when they first get to pulled from their dams then shipped to a new farm is to tube them with electrolyte solution, it usually wets their appetite enough to stop bawling then start chewing on some calf manna mixed with a commodity grain when they get pulled into a sick pen.

I don’t understand his math for how fertilizer failed to pay off for him. It seems that he jumped to the conclusion that fertilizer wasn’t profitable without the proper analysis. Also, his 5% death loss on 70-80 calves - even if they’re high risk - is pretty bad.

Thank you for sharing the information.

Hello, Good to hear, the session was quite good and informative. I have some queries regarding Limit Feed Concept on Backgrounding Cattle Zebu Breed in Asia. 1. Can we use solely Corn Silage for Limit Feed in Backgrounding Cattle supplemented with plant protein source? 2. What are your though on Grass(Corn Silage) Fed and Grain (Whole Corn) finish in the Backgrounding Cattle (Zebu)? Looking forward for you response. Thank you