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- Vegetable Planting Guide
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Rangeland
| Optimum Grazing Heights When to begin grazing (1st #) - Optimum Grazing Height Inches (2nd #) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Side Oats Grama 6 - 4 | Switch Grass 12 - 8 | Brownseed Papsalum 8 - 6 |
| Big Bluestem 12 - 8 | Eastern Gammagrass 12 - 8 | Cordgrass 8 - 4 |
| Little Bluestem 12 - 8 | Indiangrass 12 - 8 | Blue Grama 5 - 3 |
Relationship of Body Condition Score (BCS) @ Calving to Cows Pregant at 60 Days.
Determining Forage Amount: Outline a square with this stick at the end of the growing season. Clip and weigh the forage, let it air dry. Multiply the weight in grams by 10.7 to get pounds per acre. Multiply this amount by acres to be grazed.
Carrying Capacity: Multiply forage amount by 25% harvest efficiency. Divide this amount by the 9490 lbs. consumed by an animal unit in one year. This is the estimated yearlong capacity in animal units on clipped forage.
| Approximate Forage Intake Per Day By % of Body Weight | |
|---|---|
| Cow - Lactating 2.6 | Lactation (Mares) 1.0 - 2.0 |
| Cow - Dry 2 | Growing (Yearlings) 1.0 - 1.5 |
| Stocker Cattle 3 | Goat 4 |
| Horse 2 | |
| Water Requirements Daily Amount (Gal)/Drink Space per Head (Inches) | |
|---|---|
| Cattle 12 - 20 | Goats 2 - 12 |
| Bulls 18 - 20 | Horses 15 - 20 |
| Stockers 6 - 16 | |
| Distance to Water | |
|---|---|
| Terrain | Water Spacing in Miles |
| Rough (Slopes > 15%) | 1/4 to 1/2 |
| Rolling (8 to 15%) | 3/8 to 3/4 |
| Level (<8%) | 3/4 - 1 |
Drought Planning: If median rainfall for your area is below normal by June 1 and then again by October 1, drought management should be implemented.
Pastureland
Nutrient Cycling: An animal unit eating a diet which ranges from 7 to 16% crude protein and digestible organic matter from 59 to 67%, will excrete approximately .10 to .20 pounds of nitrogen and .02 to .04 pounds of phosphorus each day from the manure.
| When to Begin Grazing Inches (1st #) - Rotational Grazing Height Inches (2nd #) | |
|---|---|
| Bermudagrass 6 - 3 | Kleingrass 8-6 |
| Bahiagrass 6-3 | Dallisgrass 8-6 |
| Introduced Bluestem 8-6 | |
| Livestock Nutrient Requirments as a % of Dry Matter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kind/Class of Animal | Crude Protien | TDN | Calcium | Phosphorus |
| Cow - Lactating | 9 - 2 | 52 | .28 | .28 |
| Doe - Lactating | 11.7 | 62 | .3 | .2 |
| Cow - Dry | 5 - 9 | 52 | .18 | .18 |
| Doe - Dry | 9.5 | 54 | .26 | .17 |
| Animal Unit Equivalents (Kind & Class of Animal) | |
|---|---|
| Cow (1000 lb. & Calf <4 mo.) 1 AUE | Mature Horses 1.25 AUE |
| Yearling Cattle (Long: 12-17 mos.) .8 AUE | Goats (Adults) .15 AUE |
| Yearling Cattle (Short: 7-12 mos.) .6 AUE | Goats (Yearling) .1 AUE |
| Mature Bulls 1.35 AUE | |
- BCS 4 = 54%
- BCS 5 = 77%
- BCS 6 = 89%
- Target Score 5-6
| Reproduction Information Gestation & Heat Cycle in Days | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cattle | 283 | 19.5 |
| Horses | 336 - 340 | 22 |
| Goats | 151 | 20 - 22 |