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Pasture Walk: Cattle Grazing Summer Annual Forages

Incorporating summer annual forages into a cattle grazing system.

Date:
Time:
9:00 am – 11:00 am
Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension & Education Center
1071 County Road G
Ithaca NE 68033
Directions: Directions to the field:

From the ENREEC headquarters (1071 Co Rd G, Ithaca, NE)

Head east on NE-66 for 1.9 mi

Turn right onto 9th St and travel south 1.0 mi

Turn left (East) at the 1st cross street onto Co Rd F

Field will be on the left in 0.7 mi



Link to google pin for direction on your phone: https://go.unl.edu/directions
Target Audiences:
Contact:
Mary Drewnoski, (402) 472-6289, mary.drewnoski@unl.edu
Join Nebraska Extension at the Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center near Ithaca, NE for a pasture walk to talk about how cattle can use summer annuals. During the pasture walk participants will get to see and hear about the summer long rotational grazing of stockers and cow/calf pairs on sudangrass or a mix of sudangrass with sunnhemp. Come engage in a lively conversation.

Topics for discussion

What has and hasn’t worked this summer

Grazing management suggestions to optimize productivity of warm season annuals

Potential carrying capacity of annual forages

Suggestions for fertility management of annual forages

Prussic acid and nitrate considerations

Anything the group has on their mind!

The walk will begin at 9 am and end around 11 am. Everyone is welcome to come join in this free event. Note: The field can be a bit muddy if we get rain so come prepared.

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This event originated in UNL Beef.