Forage Timely Tips: October

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  • Feed hay to allow cool-season pastures to accumulate forage growth for winter grazing.
  • Do NOT harvest or graze alfalfa fields.
  • Inventory and test each hay lot for nutritive value and consult a nutritionist to design a supplementation program as needed.
  • Remove ruminants from pastures that contain sorghum species (forage sorghums, sorghum-sudangrass hybrids, sudangrass, and especially johnsongrass) when frost is expected. Even small patches of johnsongrass that have been frosted can cause prussic acid poisoning.
  • Begin strip grazing early planted small grain and brassicas (turnips and rape) mixes by the end of this month if you’ve had rain.