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Experimenting with pasture program can pay off

This one pasture I rent used to always have weeds. There were almost no clovers growing on the place and there were spaces of bare dirt between plants. Cattle were continuously grazed 5-6 months out of the year there until corn stalks were available. The landowner loved chemicals and spraying so he would routinely ride out and spray areas of this pasture. This is how everyone does it in our local area.

Change in grazing management

One year I changed my grazing practices and cross-fenced it with poly wires. I rotated cattle from one cell to another throughout the season. The landlord got…

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