Foraging
Around
John E. Baylor
Forage Specialist (Retired)
Penn State University
SOME GRASS GRAZING
CONSIDERATIONS
I recently returned from the
1992 Forage Conference in Grand
Rapids, MI sponsored by the
American Forage and Grassland
Council, Michigan State Universi
ty and the Michigan Hay and For
age Council. Thus, in this month’s
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column I’ve opted to share with
you the results of two studies
reported at the conference on
grazing studies in the eastern U.S.
These findings won’t be entirely
new to you, but they should be of
interest and may give you a little
more food for thought.
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Controlled Grazing For
Dairy Cows
First, let’s turn to a practical
economical study on grazing in
Northern Michigan. Over the past
several years the practice of con
trolled grazing for dairy cows to
cut down on production costs has
caught on for more and more
dairymen. Last year in northern
Michigan researchers worked
closely with four dairymen to
gather some hard dollars and cents
facts on controlled grazing. Milk
ing herds for the dairymen ranged
in size from 35 to 63 cows.
In brief, here is what they
reported. Actual dollar savings for
the four dairymen ranged between
$8,200 to over $15,000 during the
grazing season, or a savings of
about $2 per hundred weight of
milk produced. Forage analyses of
pastures averaged 24% C.P. and
.74 megacal for the grazing
season.
Controlled grazing, these dairy
men said, resulted in higher qual
ity feed for the animals and less
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stress on time and machinery,
further resulting in better cow
health and, in general, a better way
of life. And all four dairyman plan
to continue the practice and prob
ably expand their grazing systems
in the future as they get more
experience.
When you look at time, depre
ciation, interest, and capital cost
of equipment, the researchers con
cluded, its no wonder that con
trolled grazing is catching on
throughout the country.
Production And Quality
Of Selected Cool-
Season Grasses
But the maximum benefits of
controlled or intensive grazing can
be attained only by using the best
pasture grasses. And, studying the
responses of several grass species
and varieties has been the object
of one on-going research study at
Penn State University. Research
ers there have been evaluating fif
teen varieties of three cool-season
grass species- orchardgrass,
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perennial ryegrass, and tall fescue
for production and forage quality
under intensive rotation grazing
by dairy cows.
After two years of observations
these researchers have determined
that, while non-productive under
drought conditions, the tetraploid
ryegrasses Were highest in quality,
showing consistently about five
percentage units higher digestibil
ity than orchardgrass. But, surpris
ingly perhaps, despite its lower
nutritional value, orchardgrass
appeared to be preferred by the
cows, probably due, the research
ers believed, to the fact that cows
in the study were more familiar
with its texture and taste. Next in
order of preference, they found,
were the tetraploid ryegrasses,
diploid ryegrasses, and finally the
tall fescues.
As indicated, this is an on-going
study and will continue. It does
indicate, however, the differences
in growth characteristics of both
grass species and varieties within
species-and the potential of some
of the newer grass varieties under
grazing conditions.
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