Tag: grazing
Prepping for spring green up
Early season management is important to maintain a healthy forage stand throughout the growing season and into the next.
7 steps to prepare for spring grazing
Proper preparation is essential for maximizing pasture productivity, ensuring the health of your animals and making the most of the natural resources available to you.
Planning spring grazing improvements
Ohio State University Extension educator Dean Kreager offers tips to start planning spring grazing improvements.
How are you feeding your cows this winter?
Columbiana Soil and Water Conservation District program administrator Pete Conkle considers the various options for feeding cows during the winter.
All is well … well, almost
As we close out the grazing season, Ohio State Extension educator Ed Brown reflects and shares some thoughts.
Grazing and hay production are great ways to use reclaimed land
Despite the disturbance, livestock grazing and hay production are actually an incredible way to use reclaimed land.
Be aware of the potential for prussic acid
There are many plants with toxicity risk to livestock, and prussic acid concerns rank as some of the most common of which to be aware.
Eastern Ohio Grazing Council pasture walk on Oct. 24
The Eastern Ohio Grazing Council will host a Grazing Workshop on Oct. 24 at 6 p.m. at Schmuki Dairy Farm, 8187 Stone Ave. SW, Navarre, Ohio.
When grazing this fall, keep spring in mind
Producers should be careful not to let livestock overgraze pastures before winter dormancy occurs.
Regenerative grazing can aid soil
To fully understand how regenerative ag practices work to mitigate climate change, you have to understand soil carbon sequestration and why it’s important.