Extension
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| 1072 - Forages | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1072.7) | 0 |
Number of producers who planted or started using any alternative forage for grazing |
| 1072.5) | 0 |
Number of producers who used temporary fencing |
| 1072.4) | 30 |
Number of producers who developed or implemented a grazing plan |
| 1072.3) | 16 |
Number of producers who used Extension recommendations to improve quality of haylage/silage storage |
| 1072.2) | 220 |
Number of people who made decisions based on Extension research including interseeding clover/legume, using cover crops and/or alternate forage species |
| 1072.1) | 1410 |
Number of people who gained knowledge of forage production, management and/or profitability which could include species, best management practices for species, forage harvest and storage, pasture renovation |
| 1072.6) | 0 |
Number of producers who conducted on-farm demonstrations or applied research trials |
Author: Beau Neal
Major Program: Forages
For years, livestock farmers have been slow to adapt rotational grazing on their farms. Dunroven here in Lexington was no different; there were large numbers of cattle in large fields with not many interior rotational fences. After numerous farm visits and countless recommendations with the farm manager there, they finally decided to adopt a rotational grazing style system. Fences are being installed with extra watering locations as well. This will allow them to maintain,
