Fall Forage Tour: Utilizing Cover Crops to Improve Soil Health and Increase Cow Carrying Capacity
Amazing Grazing events continue with two, free fall forage tours!
Cattlemen and producers are invited to the Fall Forage Tour, Friday, October 31 and Saturday, November 1, 2014. The tour will begin at 1:00 p.m. on both days at the Dale Strickler Farm, one mile south of Courtland on the west side of the highway.
Two audiences will benefit from participation in the Fall Forage Tour-cattle producers and those interested in utilizing cover crops to improve soil health. The tour will focus on improving soil productivity through the use of cover crops, forages, and perennial grasses.
If you’ve ever been on one of Dale’s tours or heard him speak on cover crops, you know this is don’t miss opportunity!
Examples of key take-aways from the Fall Forage Tour include:
There are two methods to carry more cattle on your ranch…
Method 1: Buy a bigger ranch.
Method 2: Improve the productivity of your current ranch.
Note: We will NOT be discussing Method 1 at this event!
What carrying capacity & weaning weights can be achieved with optimum management?
Is it possible to graze 12 months a year and eliminate feeding hay?
Is it possible to have more production and profit from grazing crops with animals than harvesting the grain?
Tour includes Dale’s Cow/Calf Operation and the following forages:
- Eastern Gamagrass
- Cover Crop Test Plot
- Grazing Alfalfa
- Bird’s Foot Trefoil
- Tropic Sun Non-Toxic Sun Hemp
- Low Alkaloid Reed Canary Grass
- Brown Midrib Forage Sorghum Sudan
- Many other forage & grass varieties
We encourage ranchers of all sizes to attend one of these free tours, as you will learn valuable information and insights that will improve production and profitability of your livestock enterprise.
Please feel free to contact Mary if you have any questions about the event or how to RSVP.
Mary Howell
Kansas Farmers Union & Kansas Graziers Association
785-562-8726