Stockpiling Forage
Extension Calling: advice for the farm, garden, and home
English - August 27, 2023 16:00 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsEducation Business agriculture education extension garden wvu anr farm home osu Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Stockpiling forage basically means you are avoiding grazing a certain field so you can save it for leaner times in the winter. There's a little more to it, however. Fertilizing, nutritional needs of the animals, body condition scores, and more go into determining feed needs. Could stockpiling be a way for your farm to reduce input costs?