Grass based Dairying All about harvesting high quality forage.

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Grass based Dairying All about harvesting high quality forage

Grass based dairying at MU Southwest Center, MT. Vernon  Less stressful way of life  Environmentally compatitable  Less health problems with cows.  Lower feed costs/ reduced milk yield

Intensive Managed Grazing

“If you are not dairying for profit we wish you well with your hobby”.

Peter West, North Island (peat soil)

New Zealand style D-10 parabone parlor

Grazing Concept  Let cows harvest high quality forage Sward– 1 1/2-12 inches tall Plant is vegetative Crude protein % NE. lac MCal/lb.

Dairy feeding management Graze spring, summer, fall Supplement with hay/ silage when no grass Feed concentrate in the parlor ( 5-18 lbs/cow/day)

Cool Season Grasses 1. Perennial ryegrass 2.Orchardgrass 3.Small grains (wheat, rye) 4Kentucky bluegrass 5. Tall fescue( endophyte+) 6 Endophyte friendly fescue (Max Q) 7 Endophye free, soft leaf fescue (Advance)

Perennial rye grass

Alfalfa

Warm Season Grasses 1.Pearl millet 2 Sorghum-sudan 3.Bermuda grass 4.Red River crab grass 5.Corn 6.Eastern gamagrass

Summer Forages ryegrass crabgrass Sudan Caucasian bluestem Bermudaalfalfa

Other forages corn Pearl millet Tall Fescue Rape Grazed corn

Grazing management  Management Intensive Grazing (MIG) Dairy-- new paddock every 12 hours 35 paddocks Long rectangular pasture with electric cross fences Water available at paddocks ( walk max feet) Shade available in summer?? Construct lanes to prevent mud holes

Portable Shade

Data from North Carolina

Reproductive Management  Calve end February- April 1.  day window for breeding  Breed AI/ bull  Use synchronization programs  Dry off all cows end of December (280 day lactation)  Entire herd dry for 2 months.

Financial management  Land/cows/ fences/water  Low cost milking parlor  Own minimal equipment  Strive to harvest 3 ½-5 ton high quality forage/acre/year  Less labor  100 cows provide living for family farm

Structure and basic production data of southwest Missouri pasture-based dairy farms

A successful dairy business can be a good way of life