Rotational Grazing Pasture During Fast Growth Spring

Описание: There is a handy saying in the grazing community: " when the grass is growing fast, move them fast. When it grows slow, move them slow."

Ideally, we would all increase our stocking rate right before the grass takes off in the Spring and then easily destock before the dry slow growth of Summer. one easy way to attain this is to calve late April or May in our area and sell animals at the end of June or August or November.

Selling Animals in June helps protect forage in the event of a drought. if there is no drought, you will have extra forage going into fall which translates to extra in Winter.

Selling Animals in August reduces grazing pressure during last part of August September and beginning of October to help build more stock pile.

Selling Animals (mainly butchering finished animals) in December or slightly earlier helps reduce hay consumption not to mention getting some heavier animals off your ground before mud season.