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Additional Forage in Livestock and Dairy Operations - Dooley

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Wade Dooley 6 th Generation Cover Crops: Additional Forage in Livestock Operations
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Wade Dooley6th Generation

Cover Crops:Additional Forage in Livestock Operations

Home Farm

Hay or graze?

Rye following Corn silage

Winter WheatBroadcast into standing Soybeans

Cutting-edge technology!

Weeds? Nope, Wheat.

Cattle prefer grass over stubble.

Cover crops:Better erosion control than tillage!

Oats & TurnipsLate-summer seeding

Residual Nitrogen scavenged by Oats

Oats & TurnipsSeeded into flooded low-spots in Corn

•Grazed entire month of November•30 ac cover crop, 30 ac cornstalks•80 cows, 30 days no hay

Oats & RadishDrilled Mid-summerfor soil improvement

Oats & RapeBroadcast into standing Soybeans


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