Due to the drought that the panhandle of Nebraska is experiencing we have delayed turning cows into pastures by 2 weeks (this has resulted in overgrazing the calving pastures, but hopefully they will have time to recover if we get adequate moisture). As the photo indicates the grass is still not very tall and the pasture will need to be monitored closely so the cattle are moved to the next pasture in a timely fashion. Pasture S5 is in 1 of 3 pasture rotation systems that we use at the ranch. The S pastures will have 125 cow-calf pairs this year (last year we overgrazed this system by trying to keep 180 pairs on it during the grazing season. Our goal will be to keep these cows in S5 for 1 month and use 1/2 of the forage grown there this summer. I will show a photo of this location when the cows are moved and we can evaluate our success.
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