This video comes from Chris in Utah. He is grazing, yes grazing his herd of cattle this winter. They have received no supplementation, hay or otherwise. Chris tells me that it’s been -20 to -30 F and his livestock have performed just fine. Chris gets about 8-12 inches of rain a year with a 52 …
Ok what I’m about to share with you is some serious stuff! Today were going to talk about drought reserves. A drought reserve is forage (grass, forbs, brush or whatever your livestock will eat) that is not consumed by the animal during the growing season. This forage is then available if rain doesn’t come or …
Ok, I couldn’t help myself. I need to say something about this picture. We put some hay down on the dam of a newly constructed pond. The cattle trampled the hay into the soil to add organic matter, seed and kinetic energy. What an easy way to heal bare soil!
Here is an example of what High Density or Mob Grazing winter stockpiled grass should look like. The video was taken in the winter of 2012 at Greg Judy’s farm in Missouri.
Grazing livestock in the winter is challenging. It takes a lot of time, thinking and good management to graze in the winter time. First, you need to have a stockpile of grass. Not grass in the form of hay, but grass that is still standing in your pastures. The grass needs to be high quality …
Yesterday we finally had some snow. We got about 3-4 inches, with temperatures hovering around 20 degrees during the day, and dipping down into the teens at night. We have 240 head of cattle. They need to have water, even in these temps. So, you might be asking yourself how to go about keeping the …
