Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Woodland Grazing

Woodland vegetation: Regrowth after the first grazing and ready for the
second grazing, Tuskegee, AL

Alabama and the neighboring states have a tremendous potential for utilizing woodlands to support the feed requirements of small ruminants. Woodland grazing can begin in mid- to late-spring and continued until early to mid-fall depending on the site characteristics and management strategies.  Regrowth of woodland foliage after moving animals out of the plot for about 5 weeks. This plot is ready for the second grazing in this season. The first rotational grazing began on May 14 in this plot with small ruminants and continued for about 3 weeks, when about 50% of the vegetation within animals' reach was eaten.

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