Producers continue to look for ways to improve soil health using regenerative agricultural practices. 

Dairy grazing isn’t a simple science. Putting the milking herd on pasture involves more than providing access to grass. It’s a multifaceted system that involves the health and productivity of animals, plants and soil.

This year, with the severe drought taking hold in many areas, producers grazing sorghums, sudangrasses and millet varieties were cautious about nitrate and prussic acid toxicity.

In conversations with colleagues working in extension as well as with livestock and land managers around the country, we observed that particular assumptions and buzz words arise frequently and can dominate discussions in the realm of grazing management.

The forage produced in pastures changes yearly due to rainfall and temperature fluctuations. Changes in forage production need to be adjusted to match the herd size with the amount of forage produced to avoid pasture under- or overgrazing.