Forage Crops for Maximum Livestock Nutrition Part 2 

The presenter is very good, her presence and enthusiasm and clearly highly informed (also on the practical aspects aside from the academic side).

38:00 as for strip grazing. Joel Salatin's father had built up the pasture of a farm they got for cheap (not in good shape) over years. They already moved the cattle often, but when they switched every day it was a very noticeable (positive effect). He said that in the Justin Rhodes interview, not sure what it was that made such a difference. Optimal grass growing cycle ? Growing gass _just_ to the maximum, have it all eaten very equally (in the small space), and then giving it the optimum time to regrow. The small patch forces the cows to eat ALL grass also what they do not like so much ? If it is all fairy equally eaten down (but not too much) it mayb be easier to oversow and to introduce the seeds you want to see there. But the cows also poop on the ground and they may do a lot of the reseeding (plus fertilizer). Plus he has chickens (and maybe goats) that deal with weeds. Goats (at least cashmere) like to eat what cattle cannot eat (or it would be dangerous for them).

Great speaker! This was the most information on grasses and grazing I have seen from you. Thanks!

30% tree coverage for silvopasture is about ideal. Obviously depending on your specific environment such as climate, latitude, general weather patterns and your season duration. These all manipulate this percentage, there is no standardized percent it varies region to region but 30% is a good starting point. Using a Keyline plow in the correct manner with contour lines on pastures is a great way to accelerate pasture performance and greatly reduces the effects of drought. Keyline plowing can be done without the need of reseeding because its minimal damage to pasture surface. It simply explodes the subsoil leaving the surface mostly undisturbed. Also a great time to plant silvo trees while keyline plowing due to the small ripping lines created by the plow. Allowing you to simply insert saplings in the crevices created by the plow.

For a person who lives in fla but has a small farm near cherokee where i rent my six acres for some cows this was a very informative video. I am doing the best i can to improve the pasture and i am seeing progress but rotational grazing is out of the question. Cows leave in november and come back on april first. Aeration in march showed some noticable improvement. Easily digestable presentation. Thank you.

What about a paddock system of grazing? And what about using goats to eat weeds?

Very educational video. Thanks for sharing

As a avid hunter try planting apple chestnuts and pears with oats rye turnips white Dutch clover and crimson clover

This lady knows her stuff.

Notilling into pasture doesn’t work. Planting into tilled ground produces many times more forage.

Glad to see the current concerns still on going.. I went to Clemson, majored in Agronomy and minored in Animal Science, could have gone either way . The Animal science Dr would pick at the Forages prof and say, " ' why don't you develop a forage that will give a high weaning weight and top out a USDA Prime? The Forage prof would counter with "if you worried about having enough feed for your cows, you got it ass backwards.. Granted, this conversation might have been overheard at the Esso Station.. But you are so right. Clemson is cool season forage but I am from the lower Coastal Plains and sure enough warm season. Its tough. I know nothing of counting calories and fad diets. All I know is CP, DP and TDN. It's amazing to me to see how little these 12 t0 18 % rations have changed over the years.

Such a great presentation. Thank you so much. I learned so much and you kept my attention and kept me wanting to learn more.

I think the corn that was grazed by Jim Gerrish was probably a silage type that was planted with the intention of grazing it. I have a hard time believing it was the waist sowed by the combine. Likely having high nitrates at the younger stage it would reach in the fall. I'm not hating on this speaker, her presentation is great and I love her enthusiasm for grazing.

You guys use Clovers?

you are a great teacher

Have they considered hemp for forage?

Cattle love the leaves, its great carbon forage in the winter.

Leguminous trees are good options for planting in the pasture.