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- UK Spring Fencing Schools April 22 and 24
- 2025 Kentucky Beginning Grazing School April 29-30
- Pub of the Month: Fescue Toxicosis in Cattle-ID221
- Upcoming Events (see Forage website for details and to register, click on EVENTS)
- Fescue Article from The Horse
- Alfalfa Weevil Wake-up Call
- UK Alfalfa Weevil Monitoring
Forage Timely Tips for April
- Sign up for an April KY Grazing or Fencing School.
- Graze winter annuals that were seeded last fall.
- Graze cover crops using temporary fencing.
- As pasture growth begins, rotate through pastures quickly to keep up with the fast growth of spring.
- Creep-graze calves and lambs, allowing them access to highest quality pasture.
- Finish re-seeding winter feeding sites where soil disturbance and sod damage occurred.
- As pasture growth exceeds the needs of the livestock, remove some fields from the rotation and allow growth to accumulate for hay or haylage
- Determine need for supplemental warm season forages such as pearl millet or sudangrass. Wait till May to plant though.
- Flash graze pastures newly seeded with clovers to manage competition.
