Fescue or fescue and clover are available. If forage is plentiful, no hay or supplement is needed. Hay feeding may be used to lengthen the amount of time that forage is available. After hard freezes or prolonged cold weather, supplemental forage will be necessary. Pastures are short or grazed off.
Supplemental forage is required.
Forage test results win allow a more accurate and efficient supplementation program to be devised. Provide good quality hay free choice and supplement protein and energy. Poor quality forages will require additional protein above what the liquid supplements and blocks furnish. Limit grazing of winter annual pastures, two to four hours per day or four to six hours every other day, in addition to free-choice hay. The stocking rate should be two to three per acre depending upon the amount of grazing available.