Zleviticus
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Ok this may or may not go here but i am looking for some advice. We bought some acreage and looking to take about 5-10 or so and put 2-3 beef cattle on in the next few years. Last year the field was under corn and it was late before it was harvested so it did not give much time to doing anything last year. This year it was too late to start in the spring so we disced it and put it under oats for now just to help with some of the weed control and also for erosion control as it is on a hill/slope in parts. The oats are doing well thus far. However fall will be here before we know it and i want to start planning what we will put down to start getting the pasture ready for cattle in a few years. I figure it will take that long to get things where they need to be to primarily grass feed the cattle. Plan to do rotational grazing with a few months on each quadrant and once slaughtered, a year off from grazing all together. Then start over again.
The question is what the heck should i put down? I assume a mix of fescue, alfalfa, timothy and whatever else. I am trying to go without a ton of chemicals and fertilizers.
Thoughts? Comments? Questions?
The question is what the heck should i put down? I assume a mix of fescue, alfalfa, timothy and whatever else. I am trying to go without a ton of chemicals and fertilizers.
Thoughts? Comments? Questions?