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Rotational Grazing, Pasture Management, Soil Erosion, Farm Plans, Homestead Farm, Farm Layout, Future Farms, Ranch Farm, Colorado State University

Managed Intensive Rotational Grazing. That's a mouthful. MIRG for short. MIRG is a system of pasturing animals to maximize pasture growth. Proponents call it farming grass. Rotational grazing is nothing new. Dividing up a pasture into paddocks to prevent overgrazing goes back to the earliest agr

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Cattle grazing systems poster thumbnail Pasture Management, Corn And Beans, Dexter Cattle, Cattle Grazing, Homesteading Animals, Raising Cattle, Cow Pasture, Raising Farm Animals, Cattle Feed

Benefits of grazingCostThe highest cost in most, if not all, cattle production systems is feed. Many producers use grazing to reduce costs for their operations. Properly managed pasture-based systems use land efficiently and provide high production per acre.Marginal landNot all land can grow row crops. These pieces of land are usually described as marginal. Grazing is a way to grow a crop (grass) on land unsuitable for traditional row crops such as corn and beans. Cows can use the grass and…

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Pasture Management, Gardening Food, Hobby Farming, Goat Barn, Self Reliance, Food Preservation, Hobby Farms, Alternative Energy, A Dream

This is the last part of my blog series on sustainable pastures. Pasture improvement was one of our 2018 homestead goals because good forage is one of the most important elements in my goats' diet. Good forage consists of grasses, legumes, and forbs or edible weeds. Forbs are herbs or other broadleaf flowering plants that add variety and nutrition to the livestock diet, as well as plant diversity to the pasture. True weeds are what I call anything that the goats won't eat! Here are some…

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