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Fall offers a strategic window for planting cool-season forages, but success hinges on early planning—taking into account feed supplies, livestock needs, and pasture conditions. It’s also important to evaluate hay quality, manage grazing residue, and choose seed mixes that support fall growth while sustaining pasture through winter and into spring.

A short visual guide to help you understand what winter annual grasses to plant. 

Winter annuals don’t make sense for every operation, but there is a large percentage of us who should be utilizing them to reduce our hay feeding bill and to increase the quality of forage our animals are grazing during the winter.

Cool season annuals are critical for filling in forage gaps in the late fall through late spring. Each species of grass grows and matures at a different rate, making it easy to select a species based off when forage is needed. Furthermore, these grasses can be planted together for the widest production window. This is referred to as “staging”…