Heat stress killing cattle.
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As you know certain breeds are much more heat tolerant than others.
Brahmans are well suited to high humidity high heat. Many a herds in south Louisiana and Florida start there.
Sounds like you're tuned into rotational grazing polyface farms Joel Salatin style.
Salatin claims each cow drops about 40lb of fertilizer per day. That grows a lot of grass.
Most cowboys won't admit it, but they're all glorified grass farmers. What grows best in your part of the world?
Southeast Texas is pine country you don't struggle with soil ph?
East Texas is just before the foothills of the Ozarks.
Yes, I am doing Joel Salatin type stuff. After 1 year of rotational grazing, I already have the best pasture among my neighbors.
There are some native grasses that do best with the heat and humidity and climate. Unfortunately, most pastures, mine included, have been seeded with more "profitable" warm season grasses. I forget which kind I have, but I'd prefer the native grasses. I'm hoping I'll get some as the soil improves.
I had somewhat low pH in my soil when I first got it. I spread the recommended amount of lime. I think there has been a good improvement. I am told that as the earthworms do their business the pH will improve. I seeded clovers last year and we saw a lot this year, and clovers don't do too well in low pH so I think my soil is getting better.
Never ceases to amaze me how fields can spontaneous change when soil composition is changed.
"Plant Psychology" is so cool, to manipulate them into constantly being in the folage production state, Joel's little secret.
Sounds like you've got a great plan, good luck.
Tks for sharing your expertise.
Happy trails, Cowboy
I heard a radio segment back in the day about how blocking animal migration with roads and fences is messing with the natural fertilization processes
Sounds obvious enough, the great western plains, the African Serengeti, the steps of eastern europe, all thrived, supporting a abundance of life for thousands of years on the recycling of the grass.
Absence the migratorial animals, the wrong kind of soil microbiology takes over. It's a fact often over looked, how the great plains and forest of the world managed so much better before the stewardship of industrialized agriculture.
Try that he may, man will never improve upon what god has already perfected.