Winter Stockpiling Techniques. Winter Hay Being Fed.
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Winter Stockpiling Techniques
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Winter Hay Being Fed
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What Is Stockpile?
• Forage Grown For Dormant Season Grazing .
• Biggest Money Saver In Grazing Operation.
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Maximize Growth
• Stockpiling Mindset Begins In Spring.• Start Off With Healthy
Recovered Plants.
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Ammonium Nitrate
•Never Use Ammonium Nitrate On Pastures.• Kills Earthworms And
Microbes.• Fertilizer Company Owns You.
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Our Previous Stockpile
•7-8 Grazing Rotations, August Heat Killed Fall Growth•No Time For Stockpile To
Grow From Short Roots.
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Full Recovery=Huge Fall Growth
•Plant Roots Have Stored Carbohydrates For Maximum Fall Growth.• Even With Limited
Moisture, Good Growth.
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Extending The Growing Season
•Massive Sward Insulates Soil Surface.•Massive Root Structure
Insulates Soil Surface.
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Plants Continue To Grow
•Missouri’s First Killing Frost October 10th.•We Now Grow Grass Till
December.•Plants In Huge Greenhouse
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What Is 4-6 Weeks Growth?
• Extra 4-6 Weeks Entire Farm Is Sending Up Green Leaves.• Extra 4-6 Weeks Of Not
Feeding hay!
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Last In Fall, Last In Spring
•Make Sure The Last Pasture Grazed In Fall Growing Season Is Last Pasture Grazed In Spring.
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We Graze Most Of Winter
•Don’t Graze It Short.• Leave Some Winter Litter.•Average Hay Feeding, Last
4 Years = 8 Days (Ice Storm)
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Have 15 Day Hay Cushion
• Just In Case.• Severe Ice Storms Are
Tough.•Buy Your Hay.
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Stop Haying Your Farm
•Cutting Hay Exposes Ground, Microbial Life Stops.•Haying Promotes
Monocultures.
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Winter Mud
•Keep Them Moving, No Backfences.•Pugging and Compaction Is
A Function Of Time.
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No Hay Rings
•Rings Are Detrimental To Sod And Animals.•Unroll It, Covers Nice Long
Area, Full Access To Mob.
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Winter Grazing Note
•When Winter Strip-grazing, Watch The Temperature.• Temperatures Drop, Must
Allocate More Forage.
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Winter Water
1. We Fence Off Ponds2. Keep Mob Off Pond Ice.3. One 8 Foot Long
Hole=300 Head.
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Grazing Through Snow
•20” Snow Is No Problem, As Long As There Is A Reward Of Thick Forage
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Wintering Costs
•80% Of Keeping Livestock Is Encountered In Wintering Them.• Stockpile Grazing Limits
This Cost.
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Winter Herd Health
•Cattle Love To Graze•Much Healthier Walking &
Grazing Stockpile Than Standing & Eating Hay.
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Closing Thoughts
1. Entering Summer, All Plants Should Be Recovered.
2. Allocate Enough Forage With Temperature Change.
3. Leave Winter Litter4. Have 15 Day Hay Reserve