ATTRA
APRIL 23, 2024
The nighttime temperatures have been high enough to wake up the cool-season perennials in the pastures. The first question to ask is: do you really need to take on the work of establishing cover crops in pastures? The principal concern with no-tilling cover crops into perennial pasture sod is plant competition.
ATTRA
OCTOBER 24, 2023
By Justin Morris Has your pasture been plagued by poor plant growth? Does water pond on the surface of your pasture either during or right after a rain or irrigation event? Or does water run off your pasture to the point that it leaves behind ugly scars of erosion or floods out other areas that are lower in the landscape?
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ATTRA
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Here is a link to a video that talks about assessing pasture soil health using these tools. First, locate an area of the pasture that seems representative of the whole pasture. An 18-inch-long slice of soil positioned horizontally on a pasture to make it easier to look at soil structure and rooting depth.
ATTRA
APRIL 2, 2024
Our pastures are devastated by livestock feeding areas, hooves, gate ruts, excessive rain, snow melt, and lack of vegetative cover during the non-growing season. We are too aware of the cost of pasture forage restoration, truck fenders, and loss of man hours, but there is also a cost to the health and welfare of our livestock.
ATTRA
JUNE 11, 2024
If you don’t have perfectly placed trees throughout your paddocks, you can use portable shade structures that you rotate along with your portable mineral feeder and water tanks when you move your livestock to fresh pastures. A relatively new way of providing shade for livestock is grazing around solar panels. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.
Civil Eats
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
Michigan relies on the FDA to provide new information on GRAS products, said a spokesperson for the states Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD), which issued the designation. Now overrun with acres and acres of pasture and eucalyptus, the land faces threats from pests and wildfires.
ATTRA
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
Causes of Compaction There are generally two major causes of soil compaction on pastures: hoof impact and overgrazing. Research has shown that the amount of root exudates was lowest when: 1) leaves were removed in the vegetative phase (phase one); and 2) when plants were grazed severely (close to the pasture surface).
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