Numerous alternatives are available as sheep pasture during all times of the growing season. Evaluate your resources and requirements to select the alternatives that best meet your needs. Both perennial and annual forages can be selected for use during each season. Pasture alternatives based on perennial pasture usually have abundant forage available from cool-season grasses during May and June, and again in the fall. Supplemental pasture may be beneficial in early spring, midsummer and late fall, and early winter.
Nitrate poisoning is possible with small grain high nitrogen fertilization.
When moisture is available, oat pasture can be an excellent double crop. Nitrate poison caution. Excellent double crop following small grazing. Thick stands cause small tubers that can cause choking. Fibrous root root system provides better soil stability and protection from erosion than turnips.