Content tagged with pasture management
Stop Spinning Tires
I love diversity. I love polywire, strip grazing, and red clover. Ray’s Crazy Mix was my introduction to the idea of diversified forages and renovating the soil. I’ve seen what a difference can be made to forage quality by selecting a brown mid rib variety or using a photoperiod sensitive sorghum sudan. I don’t want to take anything away from the…
When the Rain Stops…
At some point, there will be a lapse in the rain and we can all get in the fields and get to the farm work that has been stacking up. Of this long list, there are a few items that are critical for summer annual forage management.
Managing Your Fields in the “Off” Season
Regular soil testing followed by liming and fertilizing according to recommendations is arguably the one management practice that will have the greatest long-term effect on production per acre. It should be the first dollar spent when striving to maximize your land’s productivity, help your crops reach their potential, and optimize the cost-…
Late Fall Alfalfa and Pasture Q & A
Questions from readers of OnPasture.com; Answers from Genevieve Slocum and David Hunsberger, King’s AgriSeeds
Spring Oats, the Missing Piece
A great challenge in cattle operations is needing forage…fast. In Bermudagrass based systems, the lack of growth between when Bermuda growth slows and cereal rye or ryegrass growth begins is an incredible challenge. A similar issue is found in fescue based systems- fall growth of fescue slows or nearly stops once the day length shortens and…
Intentional Management: Matching Needs With Resources
A number of years ago, I had the privilege of visiting one of the many cattle ranches operated by Lykes Brothers in Florida. If you’re not familiar with the name, Lykes is one of the top five largest cow-calf operations in the nation with over 600,000 acres of pasture, orchards and timber and 16,000+ head of cattle. I didn’t exactly know…