Spring is here, and the hope is cattle producers will not need to feed cows on top of existing snow for a few months.
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For swath grazing, “you’re making hay but you’re not making bales,” says Garland Dahlke, an animal scientist and researcher at Iowa State University. “You mow the grass and put in a windrow and let the cows pick it up.”
Photo courtesy Beth Reynolds/Iowa State University ExtensionSpring is here, and the hope is cattle producers will not need to feed cows on top of existing snow for a few months.
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For swath grazing, “you’re making hay but you’re not making bales,” says Garland Dahlke, an animal scientist and researcher at Iowa State University. “You mow the grass and put in a windrow and let the cows pick it up.”
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