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Prepping for Fall and Winter Grazing

As we head into fall, we’re all making adjustments to our grazing management. Here are some things to keep in mind.

Get balanced

First, of course, is making sure your forage and livestock needs are in balance. Spending as little as possible on supplemental feed is the best way to reduce costs.

Are You Ready For Winter? Here’s How Much Feed You’ll Need and How to Serve It Up

Make the best use of what you have

Staging Forages for Fall and Winter Grazing

Consider the biology of roots and tillering when making grazing decisions

Protect Your Pastures and Hay Fields While Fall Grazing

Understand frosts, freezes, dormancy and more.

Answers to Frequently Asked Winter Grazing Questions

What kinds of grasses am I growing and what do they need to be successful?

Need help with grass ID? Here you go:

Guides for Identifying Pasture Grasses

Have my grasses gone dormant?

For some help, here’s more on the topic from Victor Shelton.

Just for Fun

Tangentially related to grass. 🙂

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I am the founder, editor and publisher of On Pasture, now retired. My career spanned 40 years of finding creative solutions to problems, and sharing ideas with people that encouraged them to work together and try new things. From figuring out how to teach livestock to eat weeds, to teaching range management to high schoolers, outdoor ed graduation camping trips with fifty 6th graders at a time, building firebreaks with a 130-goat herd, developing the signs and interpretation for the Storm King Fourteen Memorial trail, receiving the Conservation Service Award for my work building the 150-mile mountain bike trail from Grand Junction, Colorado to Moab, Utah...well, the list is long so I'll stop with, I've had a great time and I'm very grateful.

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