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Mar 9, 2020 · With well-planned forage management, cattle can harvest their own feed year-round, especially in mild climates. Even in Northern climates with cold weather and snow, this can work in certain situations, with a backup plan when winter storms make grazing impossible.
Sep 13, 2024 · Bale grazing, increasingly popular among livestock farmers, offers an efficient way to manage winter feeding while improving soil health and pasture quality. In this guide, we’ll cover the essentials of bale grazing: what it is, why it works, and how to implement it successfully.
Oct 23, 2024 · A farming method has been found to cut winter housing costs for beef herds in half. According to a new research project funded by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), bale grazing suckler beef cattle in winter can produce a net financial benefit of £1.58 per head per day.
Mar 15, 2024 · There are two mains ways of keeping cows outside over winter on farms with typically wet soils, and many reasons for doing so - the biggest for us being that it saves a huge amount of money, and reduces the likelihood of illness in our cows, building hardy calves.
- Cereal Grass
- Annual Ryegrass
- Radishes
- Forage Turnips
- Oats
- Triticale
Cereal rye is one of the top cover crops used in the U.S. for both agronomic and grazing. It is popular because it is cold-hardy and can be planted later in fall than other crops, and it provides excellent erosion control and incredible growth in spring. It’s also easy to graze. The key is to know exactly the goal you want to accomplish. How long d...
Annual ryegrass is a completely different plant than cereal rye, with fine blades and smaller stature more like a turfgrass (ryegrass is often sold in turf mixes). Annual ryegrass is fast-growing and easier to establish by broadcast seeding than other grass cover crops. It needs to be planted earlier than cereal rye to get good fall cover. Ryegrass...
Oilseed radishes have become a popular cover crop due to their rapid fall growth, deep taproot, good fall soil coverage (if planted early enough). Radishes normally winterkill in Missouri. They establish relatively easily when broadcast seeded, which is good because radishes often need to be aerial seeded in late August or early September to achiev...
Like radishes, forage turnips are a member of the Brassica family that does best if planted in early fall. Although not as vigorous in growth as some oilseed radish varieties, turnips are superior for grazing. Both the leafy top-growth and the tuber are good forage. Turnip top-growth typically dies by late December. Turnips are often mixedwith anot...
Widely available and normally spring-planted for grain, oats have the advantage of strong fall growth as a cover crop. Many first-time users of cover crops appreciate that oatswill winterkill and require no special management in spring. However, the erosion control provided by oats in late winter and spring is less than that from overwintering cere...
A cross between wheat and cereal rye, triticale has some of the hardiness of rye but the shorter stature of wheat. Considered a good cover for erosion control and for grazing, it works well in combination with other cover crops, particularly legumes. Are your cows munching on clover or turnips this fall? Find more information about cover crop mixes...
Aug 17, 2022 · Learn how to develop a fall and winter grazing plan that helps you save money on feed costs while providing cattle with nutritious, high-energy forage.
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Nov 12, 2020 · Bale grazing—leaving big round bales in the field where they harvested or hauling bales to a certain pasture to set out in rows for strip grazing in winter—can be more cost-effective than hauling hay to cattle daily.
