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Show Avoid Fall Milk Drop By Good Management Most of the drop in milk production produc-tion in late summer and fall can be prevented by good planning and management. Good permanent pastures, supplemented supple-mented by temporary pastures of Sudan grass or some other hot-weather hot-weather and drought resistant pasture pas-ture suited to the land and climate conditions, will mean more milk at less cost. In many cases, failure to avoid the slump in milk production is because dairymen do not recognize recog-nize that summer and fall pastures pas-tures are not as nutritious as early, succulent, high-protein pastures. Even though summer pastures may look good, it is necessary to feed a limited amount of a well-balanced well-balanced grain ration if the summer and fall milk production slump is to be avoided. Enough feed in mid and late summer will hold production produc-tion higher and allow cows to go into the fall and winter months producing pro-ducing well and carrying good flesh. |