Best Management Practices for Pasture Management
Posted by BobWms on 18th April 2006
BENEFITS
- Maximized forage production
- Provides a healthy environment for livestock
- Good for the environment, minimizes the risk of runoff and leaching of pollutants from livestock
- Looks better, it’s visually pleasing to see healthy pastures
Pasture Management should really be called “grass farming”. Think of your pasture grasses as your crop and the animals as your method of harvest. Matching the amount of grass with the amount eaten by the animals will reduce waste and prevent the need to make hay, which raises the cost of the feed and can lower quality. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: agriculture, Farm and Field, forage_production, grazing, Livestock, pasture, pastures, pasture_grasses, pasture_management, prairie, range, topsoil
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