An edition of Kick the hay habit
(2010)
Kick the hay habit
a practical guide to year-around grazing
1st ed.
by Jim Gerrish
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Kick the hay habit: a practical guide to year-around grazing
2010, Green Park Press
in English
- 1st ed.
0972159746 9780972159746
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Table of Contents
The culture of hay
The high cost of making hay
What did animals do before there was hay?
The power of year-around grazing
Know your forage opportunities and challenges
Conducting a pasture inventory
Choosing the optimal breeding and birthing seasons
Achieving a variable stocking rate
Designing your winter forage systems
Understanding animal needs and forage quality
Making the transition from hay feeding to grazing
Using crop residues to extend the grazing season
Stockpiling cool-season perennial pastures
Stockpiling warm-season perennial pastures
Winter grazing on the tall grass prairie
Winter grazing native range
Growing winter annual pastures
Using brassicas and other forbs
Stockpiling summer annual grasses and legumes
Keeping winter grazing simple
Budgeting winter forage
Winter stock water
Fence systems for winter grazing
Swath grazing
Supplementing stockpiled pasture
What do you do when it doesn't rain?
Dealing with snow, ice, wind, cold, mud and whatever else Mother Nature throws at you
Coping with peer pressure and ridicule.
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Includes index.
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