Kick the hay habit
Subtitle: a practical guide to year-around grazing
By: by Jim Gerrish
Publisher: Green Park Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ridgeland, Miss
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The culture of hay; title: The high cost of making hay; title: What did animals do before there was hay?; title: The power of year-around grazing; title: Know your forage opportunities and challenges; title: Conducting a pasture inventory; title: Choosing the optimal breeding and birthing seasons; title: Achieving a variable stocking rate; title: Designing your winter forage systems; title: Understanding animal needs and forage quality; title: Making the transition from hay feeding to grazing; title: Using crop residues to extend the grazing season; title: Stockpiling cool-season perennial pastures; title: Stockpiling warm-season perennial pastures; title: Winter grazing on the tall grass prairie; title: Winter grazing native range; title: Growing winter annual pastures; title: Using brassicas and other forbs; title: Stockpiling summer annual grasses and legumes; title: Keeping winter grazing simple; title: Budgeting winter forage; title: Winter stock water; title: Fence systems for winter grazing; title: Swath grazing; title: Supplementing stockpiled pasture; title: What do you do when it doesn't rain?; title: Dealing with snow, ice, wind, cold, mud and whatever else Mother Nature throws at you; title: Coping with peer pressure and ridicule.