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Where to spend the first dollars in pasture management

Where to spend the first dollars in pasture management.

* Evaluate fertility status and soil test so you know where and what to spend money on. Then fertilize (lime and fertilizer) to moderate soil test levels.

* Graze early (especially on fescue pasture) to utilize early grass production and avoid mature or wasted pasture production that was not grazed.

* Develop a watering system. Grass isn't of much use without water.

* Frost seed legumes.

* Practice rotational grazing to allow pastures to rest.

* In stocker programs consider supplementing with gluten-corn mix or distillers grains to improve gain and increase carrying capacity of pastures.

* Hay the early surplus growth and then stockpile for later summer/fall/winter grazing.

* Educate yourself through grazing publications; Extension/NRCS programs; grazing clinics, field days or pasture walks; Iowa Forage and Grasslands Council meetings/conferences; mentors and other successful graziers.

* Install fencing for increased number of tracts and better rotational grazing.

* Control weeds and brush.

* Improve pasture composition. Interseed new grass or legume species. Consider Palaton canary grass. Spread alfalfa, trefoil and red clover.

Source: Rathbun Lake Forage Project and Iowa State University Extension.

Date: 5/1/07


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