Forage Types

The short version

When winterkill hit the alfalfa fields, Legacy Farms grew award-winning mixed grass haylage instead.

Stagnant alfalfa yields have been lamented for many years, and I consistently hear growers say their yields today are no better than “X” years ago. Why is this?

Cover crops, soil health, extended grazing and 13-way mixes are all buzzwords in the agronomic world today.

Whether grazing dairy or beef cattle, warm-season annual plants can provide nutrition during the hot months in midsummer when warm-season perennial plants go into semidormancy and lose most of their nutritive value.

If surviving four generations in the dairy business has taught the Freitag family anything, it’s that minimizing input costs while optimizing outputs is essential to survive an inconsistent market.

Producers have many forage options that can be looked at as tools in their toolbox. Since every farm has different circumstances, there isn’t a “one-size-fits-all” forage option.