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The Start of Grazing Season
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How tall should the grass be before you start grazing in the spring? The majority of publications you may have read will suggest starting to graze your pasture when the […]
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Will Dry Weather Create Forage Shortages This Winter?
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Farmers can take action now to adequately prepare for the winter months. We have seen quite dry conditions in much of our region and much of the state this past […]
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Alfalfa-Grass Forage Trials Improve Choices for Farmers & Cows
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The addition of alfalfa to dairy forage can support healthy milk production. However, because alfalfa relies on temperature to grow rather than day length like grass, it can be challenging […]
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Add Diversity to Your Pastures with Multispecies Grazing
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Much has been written on diversity of crops, forages, and soil biology but the diversity of grazing species is just as important. “The presence of multiple species of large herbivores […]
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Quality of Winter Forage for Grass-fed Sheep
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Feeding hay in the winter is in many parts a reality in the Northeast. You will hear often these days that the best way to deal with hay in a grass-fed operation is to […]
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Quality of Winter Forage for Grass-fed Sheep
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Feeding hay in the winter is in many parts a reality in the Northeast. You will hear often these days that the best way to deal with hay in a grass-fed operation is to […]
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Want to Improve Quality of Dairy Forage? Add Meadow Fescue to Crop Mix
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The spring harvest of alfalfa-grass mixes may account for up to half of the total forage yield of those crops for dairy farmers. The results of alfalfa-grass research funded by […]
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The Importance of Residual Forage
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I learned my shepherding skills in Germany, tending sheep on public land, often part of landscape care. The grass always had to be grazed short. It had to be “cleaned […]
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