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Maintain a balanced ration
when cows are on pasture
By Dennis Martin
Huron County Dairy Advisor
CLINTON - Early pasture
growth is high in quality, but de-
clines rapidly. Within a month, the
dry matter of spring grass can drop
from 68 percent TDN and 15 per-
cent protein, to 50 percent TDN
and seven percent protein. In addi-
tion, pasture quality can change
drastically from one field to an-
other depending on the type and
amount of grasses and legumes
present, and the maturity of the
stand. It is this variability which
creates most of the difficulties of
pasture quality before production
slumps occur. Even short-term, in-
adequate feeding practices have a
major long-term effect on the pro-
duction of individual cows.
The grain mix which comple-
ments your pasture feeding pro-
gram, will depend on the quality of
pasture available. Until the end of
Jute Aninlx containing 14 percent
pitteintlihOtild be'adequate, but dur-
ing summer and fall a grain mix of
at least 16 percent protein is re-
quired. If only one grain mix is to
be fed throughout the pasture sea-
son, it is best to overfeed protein in
the early stages.
A common problem with cows
on lush pasture is the change in ap-
petite. To consume the dry matter
of 30 lbs. (13.5 kg) of hay, a cow
may have to eat up to 200 lbs. or 90
kg of Tush pasture, causing even
high -producing cows to fill up, and
so refuse grain. This problem can
be minimized by changing over to
pasture gradually, allowing only a
few hours of grazing in the early
part of the year. The cows will fill
up in a short time, but will digest
this, and be ready for grain, and
other dry feeds at milking time.
Because of the low fibre content,
lush pasture often causes a severe
drop in butterfat test. To avoid this,
make dry hay available in a free -
choice hay feeder. If each cow does
not consume at least five lbs of hay
per day, it pray be necessary to
keep them in the barn longer for
hay feeding.
During the summer and fall, the
quality and quantity of pasture
available are often inadequate to
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support normal levels of milk pro-
duction. When pastures decline, be
prepared to supplement them from
stored feed with hay, haylage or
corn silage and adjust the grain mix
to balance with these feeds. Ontario
trials with pastured beef cattle have
shown, year after year, that average
daily gain decreases drastically af-
ter mid-August. In most cases, use
of some supplementary stored feeds
is critical in the fall if production
slumps are to be prevented.
Times -Advocate, May 11, 1994
Page 21
Rates and support levels announced
TORONTO - Premium rates and
support levels under the Market
Revenue Insurance Program have
been determined for the 1994-95
crop year. The announcement was
made by federal Agriculture and
Agri -Food Minister Ralph Goodale
and Ontario Minister of Agricul-
ture, Food and Rural Affairs Elmer
Buchanan.
"The 1994-95 crop year will be
the fourth year the Market Revenue
Insurance Program has been availa-
ble," said Goodale. "Ontario pro-
ducers have supported this program
since its inception."
The Market Revenue Insurance
Program provides support to farm-
ers when the market price for crops
enroled is lower than the target
price calculated under the,program.
Producers receive payments equal
to 80 percent of their long-term av-
erage farm yield multiplied by the
difference between the market price
and 80 percent of the Indexed Mov-
ing Average Price (IMAP).
As a result of strong grains and
oilseeds commodity prices experi-
enced during the 1993-94 crop
year, there will be no second inter-
im payment issued under Ontario's
Market Revenue program. This is
consistent with the interim payment
guidelines set out by the Gross
Revenue Insurance Program
(GRIP) National Committee which
comprises producers and federal
and provincial governments offi-
cials, whose mandate is to oversee
the operation of GRIP.
Information on any future pay-
ments will be released at a later
date.
The Market Revenue Program is
funded by the federal and provin-
cial governments, and Ontario pro-
ducers. A list of support prices and
premiums follows:
1994/95 Market Revenue Coverage
Levels and Premium Rates
Crop
winter wheat
.spring grains
corn
Coverage Premium
$/tonne SJtonne
144.56 10.91
118.39 7.26
122.58 5.15
soybeans
white beans
coloured beans
canola
spring wheat
282.81 13.36
492.48 14.77
602.91 21.91
288.72 10.30
158.20 11.75
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