Forage Timely Tips: June

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  • Continue hay harvests. Minimize storage losses by storing hay under cover. 
  • Clip pastures for weeds and seedheads as needed.
  • Slow rotation allowing for a longer recovery period. 
  • Use portable fencing to decrease paddock size and increase paddock number.
  • Do NOT graze below the 3-4 inches.
  • When present, johnsongrass can provide high quality summer forage when managed.  
  • Crabgrass, a warm-season annual grass, can provide high quality summer grazing.   If crabgrass is desired, remember it needs some annual soil disturbance to keep coming back.
  • Begin grazing native warm-season grasses.  Start at 18-20” and stop at 8-10 inches.