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A SIMPLE WAY TO PRODUCE LIVESTOCK PROFITABLY
- PRODUCE
LIVESTOCK WITH MINIMUM USE OF THE FOLLOWING:
- Eliminate
feeding of hay
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Eliminate
need for fertilize
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Eliminate
supplemental feeding
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Eliminate
use of herbicide and mowing of weeds
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Eliminate
need for heavy equipment seedbed preparation
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Eliminate
large work force to care for and the penning of animals
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Diminish
need for borrowing operating capital
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If
it will rust, rot or depreciates-question is-is this needed for this
enterprise?
- ESTABLISHING
NUTRITIOUS GRAZING FOR LIVESTOCK AND MAINTAINING
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HEALTHY SOIL FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION:
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Begin
soil improvement before herd improvement
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Soil
test to establish needs for fertility
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Establish
a legume adapted to locale
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Plant
by seeding on top of ground and let animals walk seed into ground
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Acceptable
to mix with fertilize if applied in a two hour time frame
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Management
of grazing
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Establishing
size of paddocks, pastures, traps or fields this is only terminology
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Determine
stock density grazing the selected area in one to four days
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Grazing
paddocks should be on a grazing schedule of 18 – 21 days
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- BENEFITS
DERIVED FROM THIS TYPE OF GRASS FARMING
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Water
quality will improve
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Soil
fertility will increase
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Quality
of forage will improve
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Quantity
of forage increases
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Increase
in organic matter
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Soil
will hold moisture
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Soil
compaction will decrease
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More
plant nutrients will become available to plants as roots penetrate deeper
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Increase
in beneficial dung beetles and earth worms
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Dragging
and scattering manure not necessary
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Produce
gain more economically
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Grazing
period will lengthen
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Cattle
graze where needed and not by their choice
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Cattle
graze forage even to a targeted height
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Cattle
become docile and easy to manage
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Cattle
control weeds and other undesirables
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