Summer Stockpiling to Extend the Grazing Season and Improve Grassland Bird Habitat in Swoope, Virginia
The Wheatlands 304 Cattleman Road, Swoope, VASummer Stockpiling is a method of grazing management whereby cool season dominated pastures are rested from green-up until mid-summer, then grazed intensively in the late summer. This forage, though not as high quality as spring flush growth, provides a grazing opportunity when other cool season grass growth has slowed down or is semi-dormant in the summer. Summer stockpiled forage can […]