Pasture Improvement
Ag Progress Days
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A pasture demonstration on the
Ag Progress Day’s soil and water
conservation tour will show that
good grazing can be available
throughout the summer season.
According to Sid Bosworth, Penn
State Extension Agronomist, full
season pasture is possible with
proper grazing management,
adequate fertilization and the right
choice of forage species and
variety.
Cattle will be grazing on warm
season grasses on the demonstra
tion area pastures. Cool season
grasses will be putting on growth
for fall pasturing.
Cool season grasses include
reed canarygrass and tall fescue.
Reed canarygrass is very hardy
and can grow on wet soils. Even
though reed canarygrass can be as
digestible as other grasses, it gen
erally has a lower palatability.
However, two new varieties, Pala
ton and Venture, have been
released and are commercially
available. In limited feeding trials
these varieties have demonstrated
much greater palatability and
increased animal gains, reports
Bosworth.
Tall fescue is a cool season grass
which grows under a wide range of
conditions. However, tall fescue
has often been associated with
poor animal performance and
other health related problems.
Recently research has found that
much of the poor health perfor
mance on tall fescue can be attri
buted to a fungus which grows
inside the plant - called an
endphyte. An improved
endophyte-free variety such as
Kenhy, Johnstone or Festtorina
offer a higher quality pasture plant.
Warm season grasses such as
switchgrass and big bluestem grow
best in higher temperatures. They
are most productive from mid-
June to the end of August
Warm season grasses are effi
cient users of nitrogen and potash
and are drought tolerant.
The addition of warm season
grasses to a pasture system more
evently distribute forage over the
growing season. This enables
livestock producers to develop a
grazing season that better meets
the nutritional needs of beef cattle
in July and August.
More information about these
grasses and other forages can be
obtained on the soil and water con
servation tour and at the forage tent
at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days,
Rock Springs Research Farms,
August 18-20.
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