As grasses within a pasture mature, various physical changes occur, which impact the cattle grazing them. Older plants dry out and lose nutritional value, but they also develop coarse stems – making cattle more susceptible to injuries involving their face and eyes.
Look out for facial diseases
When foraging in the fall, cattle can be exposed to extra dense stems that may penetrate the eye or face, causing infection or disease.
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