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Lander, WY | Yep, definitely differences from "here" to "there". We had one pasture that was about 1.5 sections (1.5 miles by 1 mile) with two windmills, one roughly at the halfway point along the 1.5 mile side near the fence, so between .75 and 1 miles to water. Last few years Dad had it split with electric fences into about 1/3's, along the same ideas as the MIG you guys do, but more limited, think it was 2-3 weeks per area (carrying capacity was around 100 to 120 pairs). Very sandy soil, so with a good rain everything would recover fast but dry spells hurt the grass... Grazing season of about mid May to mid September, then start supplementing with hay, off to corn stalks when available, then back to home pasture for calving in March or so, feed hay until pastures are ready...
Most water pumped in NE Colorado is via windmills on pastures, so pipelines aren't an option, and anymore getting a permit to put in a well is iffy, so have to kind of make due with what is there. Most grass is 1/4 section or larger, with one windmill, we only had the one with two wells, and one at the home place with natural water (when it wasn't dry...)
Love the diversity here and the different ways and approaches to the "same" problems. :-) | |
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First Rotation of the Year and 3rd Year interseeded clover (pics)
