Fall Pasture, a Win-win

– Ed Vollborn, Dr. Tom Turner, Jeff Fisher and Gene Balthaser; OSU Extension

The focus of a study at the Jackson Branch of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in southern Ohio has been to “establish” an expected gain and body condition score increase for gestating beef cows utilizing low cost forage stockpile. Critics of extended and year-round grazing systems have often promoted a perception of poor animal performance. Research dating back 30 years or more by Dr. Roy Blaser, at Virginia Tech, documented the dynamic relationship of Continue reading