Grazing on Cover Crops vs Perennial Pasture
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- Proponents of regenerative agriculture promote the use of cover crops and livestock while many regenerative farmers only graze perennial pasture? What are the benefits of these systems?
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You produce some of the best content on pasture pigs that exists. Thanks for the effort.
Wow, thank you! I appreciate it.
This seed is expensive, but compared to milled feed, I am convinced it will be much cheaper in the long run. Cheaper food cost, plus healthier and more nutritious livestock. Total win, win. Thanx again Todd!
Thank you! It’s much better long term.
You are an absolute true steward of land, sir. Thank you. 😊
Wow, thanks
Really solid information on cover crop mix selection for different purposes. Thank you.
Thank you.
Wow. This is super helpful and informative on converting a previous feed corn plot into regenerative space for the future grazing area for our beef.
Glad it was helpful!
Invaluable content.
Thank you.
Awsome video. Short, to the point and loaded with priceless info.
Much appreciated!
Always learning. This kind of content is great.
Great content and fantastic info. Keep up the great work.
Thanks, will do!
The information in this is wild
Is that a good thing? If so, thank you!
I'd like to see an episode or two on how you decide the mix of cover crops. Do you specifically grow some things for the microbiome or do you focus mainly on the graze?
Working on them?
Have you ever considered "hogging down" a planting of corn or sorghum? Maturity could be staggered like sweet corn farmers do. By using a variety of forage legumes with longer maturities than the corn, you could have just corn with green forage legumes for protein. Since the pigs won't fool much with brown corn stalks, you could run the cattle in next while stockpiling forage elsewhere.
Yes. I’m hoping to try a popcorn or grazing corn with some mung beans and others this summer. We will see hot it goes.
When you plant your cover crops for your cattle. have you thought about adding 1 perennial native warm season grass even if it's just 1 pound or 2 at a time to your mixes. Gradually building warm season perennial grazing? Would it be worth trying?
Great video, Rob. Would you still do cover crops if you were cattle only and no row crops? That’s my situation.
I don’t do row crops, so yes! I should have clarified. I do pigs, but even when I didn’t graze pigs on cover crops I grew them for cattle. They are outstanding.
Thank you for this. Can you share ratios and quantities per acre?
Am I the only one who gets real hungry watching your pigs graze on your cover crops. Great content, too, always.
Thank you!
Where do you get your sorghum Sudangrass. I’m in Mississippi as well. Thanks
What part of MS are you in? Im in north MS. In Columbus, my local coop manager orders it for me from Wax Seed Company out of amory. In south MS, you could drive over to petcher seeds in AL and the MS line and pick it up. You can have it shipped in from Green Cover Seed or any other online retailer, but the cost of shipping is high for smaller amounts.
You have any issue with sow mangalista jumping over electric fence. I got one she just jumped over or run straight through it
Well explained thank! SUBBED
Awesome, thank you!
I have tried to find sorghum Sudan grass here in Tennessee and my feed and seed store has been unable to get it
Are you using a local farmers coop or a tractor supply rural king type store? The latter typically don’t know what you are talking about in my experience. You can order it online, but shipping is expensive unless you are buying several hundred pounds worth.
@@DowdleFamilyFarms It is an feed/seed store that has been around for almost 100 years
I will try my co-op as well. Can you describe the mix you use again?
I am in Wilson County, TN
Tennessee farmers coop has several varieties available and usually in stock
I'm planning videos that talk about it again.
thanks @@fairacres6601 they say they have it will find out today
How do pigs do on red clover
I haven't planted a whole lot of red clover over the years, but the little red clover ours have grazed they have performed really well on.
I hear that Sudan grass is dangerous for cattle. Is it worth the risk? I am on a milk cow forum and a person cow died just the other day of the toxicity of that grass. It happens quick. Sorry I don't know all the proper terminology.
You will have to answer if its worth the risk for yourself. I have videos that deal with SSG toxicity. It is imperative to know what kind of toxicity killed the cattle, if it actually killed them (sometimes people blame the wrong things and its hard to know without a necropsy). Prussic acid and nitrate poisoning. Both are easily avoided with a little forethought and management. We graze a lot of it.
So, the right SSG Variety and mixture with legumes, etc.?
Do you know if sheep are more or less affected by the toxicity of SSG?
Your content is inspiring and amazing..
Even saves feed costs... to improve the soils. ⚡👍👍🍻❤
Can I come sleep on the farm? I'll help with the livestock, I just think they're SO CUTE!
They are incredibly cute, but they can be frustrating as well.
@@DowdleFamilyFarms what is not frustrating in life? :p
Indeed
Creating a premium pasture and top soil that I can also throw a hot commodities market production crop in a season for extra money., because I have such fertile soil, that I create, specific for any need of any crop I choose, and my animals keep soil from burn out.
Getting nutrients further down into the soils, worms?
Using another more livestock, stocks of worms, to burrow the ground.
Or other such burrowers of the top soil.
But clay and worms,bi don't know, I think they do the change the ground, and their also bacterias that change the soil.
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Moles eat crops but they do burrow
Good video thanks
Glad you enjoyed it