Our Grow and Graze Webinar Replays
Hear what other Illinois growers and graziers are doing on their farms to improve their livestock grazing operations.
After you move cattle to a new paddock, check the consistency of the manure and the plant residuals to determine if cattle are getting the proper nutrition while leaving adequate forage behind for regrowth.
A grazing stick helps producers know how much forage the herd needs and how large to make your paddocks.
Choosing the right time to move your cattle to a new grazing paddock will improve your herd's average daily gain performance.
A refractometer is used to measure brix, the sugar content in plants. Understanding the quality of your forages will help you adjust the forage options for your livestock.
Brix scoring is important because it tells us how much sugar content is in our forages and the nutrition density in our dry matter.
There is much to gain by turning livestock out on cornstalks. First, there are a lot of them across Illinois, 11.2 million acres, in fact. For minimal cost, fields can be converted to provide nutritional needs of beef cattle. And, grazing has collateral benefits for next year’s row crop.
Hear what other Illinois growers and graziers are doing on their farms to improve their livestock grazing operations.
