Fall/Winter Feed Strategies

摘要

Here is a compilaion of advice for fall/winter grazing, provided by Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist. Thin alfalfa stands can be rejuvenated by interseeding grasses and converting them to pasture or haying a grass-alfalfa mixture, says Anderson. Most alfalfa fields start to lose stand and production ability after several years of hay cuttings, and winterkill sometimes thins stands. But interseeding grasses into thinning alfalfa can extend an alfalfa field's useful life by several years while providing excellent hay or grazing, he says.