Animal health pros understand the importance of having healthy animals when implementing preventive vaccines and pharmaceuticals. After water, the quality of nutrition available is a precursor to successful animal health practices.
Sarah Flack shared her definition of improved grazing during the Grassfed Exchange. She explained how each tool in a grazier’s toolbox can boost pasture productivity, change forage composition, benefit soil health, and enhance livestock production.
Source: Hay and Forage Grower, September 26, 2023. Link. The more grass tillers there are, the more productive that pasture will be, and the more forage livestock can eat but producers must be able to identify the changes in livestock and forage production to realize all the benefits of forage management.
INSIGHTS: Involving veterinary teams in discussions about forage quality with producers, nutrition experts and grass experts will help ensure veterinary health strategies are successful. Local Extension experts are often helpful in pooling the various resources.