Grazing Annual Forages
April 2013
The uncertainty of pasture growth and condition in 2013 has a number of producers considering planting and grazing annual forages.
Starting the grazing at the appropriate stage or height and simple rotation grazing management will increase grazing potential.
With irrigation, different planting dates and combinations of cool- and warm-season annuals could be established to provide grazing late spring through fall.
For more information, please see these publications.
- Summer Annual Forage Grasses, NebGuide G2183 (PDF version 341KB)
- Windrow Grazing, NebGuide G1616 (PDF version 623KB).
Dr. Jerry Volesky
Range / Forage Specialist
West Central Research & Extension Center
University of Nebraska–Lincoln