Dairy – Rotational Forage Options for Storage and Grazing
Download a PDF copy of this management sheet: High yielding, digestible annual forages have a place on every dairy. For early spring planting straight or as an alfalfa nurse crop, we recommend Baler forage oats, OPtimum II, or Green Spirit Italian Ryegrass for early summer harvest. Once soil temperatures reach at least sixty-five degrees […]
Dairy – High Quality Grass for Lactating Cows and Replacement Heifers
Download a PDF copy of this management sheet: Dairymen and nutritionists alike are recognizing the nutritional benefits of high quality grass forage. For years, farmers have noted that cows often “go up” in milk production when turned out on grass. Thanks to advances in forage digestibility analysis (NDFd), we now know that improved grasses […]
Dairy – Growing High Quality Dairy Pasture
Download a PDF copy of this management sheet: A typical grass-based dairy should have about one acre per cow of high quality pasture. In addition, dairymen should have another acre per cow in flexible forage that can either be made for hay or grazed as needed based upon the season. Many dairymen have at least […]