Cover crops provide a high-quality and low-cost feed during times of low feed supplies. • Beef graziers worked with neighboring row crop farmers to plant cover crops and monitored grazing value. • Grazing cover crops extended the grazing time on crop stubble fields and reduced the amount of stored feeds required.
Key Findings
- Soil compaction was not increased following cattle grazing cover crops.
- Cover crops provide reasonablypriced forage for grazing livestock, protect the soil for crop farmers, and allow graziers to rest their pastures longer in the spring.