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Winter Stockpiling Techniques

Winter Stockpiling Techniques. Winter Hay Being Fed. What Is Stockpile?. Forage Grown For Dormant Season Grazing . Biggest Money Saver In Grazing Operation. Maximize Growth. Stockpiling Mindset Begins In Spring. Start Off With Healthy Recovered Plants. Ammonium Nitrate .

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Winter Stockpiling Techniques

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  1. Winter Stockpiling Techniques

  2. Winter Hay Being Fed

  3. What Is Stockpile? • Forage Grown For Dormant Season Grazing . • Biggest Money Saver In Grazing Operation.

  4. Maximize Growth • Stockpiling Mindset Begins In Spring. • Start Off With Healthy Recovered Plants.

  5. Ammonium Nitrate • Never Use Ammonium Nitrate On Pastures. • Kills Earthworms And Microbes. • Fertilizer Company Owns You.

  6. Our Previous Stockpile • 7-8 Grazing Rotations, August Heat Killed Fall Growth • No Time For Stockpile To Grow From Short Roots.

  7. Full Recovery=Huge Fall Growth • Plant Roots Have Stored Carbohydrates For Maximum Fall Growth. • Even With Limited Moisture, Good Growth.

  8. Extending The Growing Season • Massive Sward Insulates Soil Surface. • Massive Root Structure Insulates Soil Surface.

  9. Plants Continue To Grow • Missouri’s First Killing Frost October 10th. • We Now Grow Grass Till December. • Plants In Huge Greenhouse

  10. What Is 4-6 Weeks Growth? • Extra 4-6 Weeks Entire Farm Is Sending Up Green Leaves. • Extra 4-6 Weeks Of Not Feeding hay!

  11. Last In Fall, Last In Spring • Make Sure The Last Pasture Grazed In Fall Growing Season Is Last Pasture Grazed In Spring.

  12. We Graze Most Of Winter • Don’t Graze It Short. • Leave Some Winter Litter. • Average Hay Feeding, Last 4 Years = 8 Days (Ice Storm)

  13. Have 15 Day Hay Cushion • Just In Case. • Severe Ice Storms Are Tough. • Buy Your Hay.

  14. Stop Haying Your Farm • Cutting Hay Exposes Ground, Microbial Life Stops. • Haying Promotes Monocultures.

  15. Winter Mud • Keep Them Moving, No Backfences. • Pugging and Compaction Is A Function Of Time.

  16. No Hay Rings • Rings Are Detrimental To Sod And Animals. • Unroll It, Covers Nice Long Area, Full Access To Mob.

  17. Winter Grazing Note • When Winter Strip-grazing, Watch The Temperature. • Temperatures Drop, Must Allocate More Forage.

  18. Winter Water • We Fence Off Ponds • Keep Mob Off Pond Ice. • One 8 Foot Long Hole=300 Head.

  19. Grazing Through Snow • 20” Snow Is No Problem, As Long As There Is A Reward Of Thick Forage

  20. Wintering Costs • 80% Of Keeping Livestock Is Encountered In Wintering Them. • Stockpile Grazing Limits This Cost.

  21. Winter Herd Health • Cattle Love To Graze • Much Healthier Walking & Grazing Stockpile Than Standing & Eating Hay.

  22. Closing Thoughts • Entering Summer, All Plants Should Be Recovered. • Allocate Enough Forage With Temperature Change. • Leave Winter Litter • Have 15 Day Hay Reserve

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