Grazing Cover Crops: Why Should a Livestock Producer Use Cover Crops?

In Part 4 of Pasture Project’s video series on grazing cover crops, we focus on the why cover crops should be a key part of a grazier’s annual forage chain. Thanks to Dr. Allen Williams (Pasture Project & Grass Fed Insights, LLC), Dan Jenniges (Jenniges Hidden Acres), Wade Dooley (Glenwood Century Farm) and Bruce Carney (Carney Family Farm) for their contributions to this video.
Filming and editing by Windborne Media.
This material is based on work supported by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under number 69-3A75-14-243.
Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

[@johnkurtz4652]

What do you use as cover crop? How to you plant the crop, drill or spreader? Do you no till into the cover crop or till it?

[@WallaceCenter]

All great questions - we have a guide to grazing cover crops that provides additional detail. Link here: pastureproject.org/publications/grazing-cover-crops-how-to-guide/