Can We Graze Now?
Let us into the pasture!
Yes, there is green grass.
Yes, both you and the livestock are more
- Published: 1 year ago on April 13, 2020
- By: Victor Shelton
- Last Modified: April 27, 2020 @ 10:32 am
- Filed Under: Grazing Management, Planning
- Tagged With: Cool season grass, Energy reserves, Grass growth, Grazing height, Grazing management, Rotational grazing, Spring grazing, Spring growth, Timing
Hi! My problem is that winters are pretty mild in my region lately – Hungary, Europe – (probably due to climate change; normally we used to have weather something like in Wisconsin), so I don’t know when it would be wise to start grazing stockpiling. Do grasses go dormant if there is hardly no frost till december? And if there is a couple of cold days followed by spring-like weather? Do I consume root reserves by grazing in mild winters?
Great piece Victor! Always need this annual reminder to folks to be patient and to wait before grazing too soon in spring. So tempting once the green starts to show…but it sure can set back a pasture growth faster than an Easter rabbit hiding eggs….