It can be a seemingly insurmountable challenge to balance your herd's grazing needs with the necessity of maintaining pasture and forage growth. If only there were a formula to strike that perfect balance between allowing your goats to get the nutrition they need while sustaining plant growth for future grazing. We have good news! There is a clear path when it comes to grazing.
Today, we’re talking to Dr. Woody Lane, a livestock nutritionist and forage specialist and consultant, who's the owner of Lane Livestock Services and the author of three books on forages, grazing, soils, and livestock nutrition. In this episode, Dr. Lane delves into the world of management intensive grazing, a nuanced extension of rotational grazing.
Dr. Lane details the four basic principles you need to implement in order to get the most out of your forage growth and grazing. He also tackles the common question “how many goats per acre?” with a simple yet brilliant task you can perform to answer that question with precision for your specific land and herd. As a bonus, Dr. Lane reveals the reason it has been such a challenge to comfortably address that question in the past.
Dr. Lane addresses warm-season grasses – great for warmer climates – and the unique biochemical makeup that differentiates them from cool-season grasses. He also gives important management advice that could prevent your animals from being sickened by the toxic compounds found in sorghum sudangrass and some tall fescue. He also answers the question we all want to know: “What is the best kind of pasture for goats so you can stop worrying about them dying?”
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Website: http://www.woodylane.com
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36:29 - Schedonorus arundinaceus - tall fescue by: Matt Lavin CC BY-SA 2.0
37:50 - File:Sudangras,Sudan grass,-Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench nothosubsp. drummondii (Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse-.jpg by: Daniel Georg Döhne CC BY 3.0
38:00 - File:Eragrostis tef (Teff)1.jpg by: Rasbak CC BY-SA 3.0 51:11 - 20120106-OC-AMW-0194 by USDA Photo by: Bob Nichols CC
55:52 - Annual ryegrass can easily be identified by its shiny leaf backside by Division of Agriculture photo by Dirk Philipp CC BY-NC-SA
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