Pigs on Cover Crops: Developing An Annual Grazing Plan
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- Cover crops and livestock are an outstanding combination for improving soil health, but if we are working to reduce grain costs for our pastured pigs, developing an year round grazing plan is imperative.
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00:00 Introduction
00:48 Last Year's Success on Grazing Cover Crops with Pigs
01:55 Grazing Pigs in February
02:31 Timing Our Crops
03:11 Warm Season Cover Crop to Improve Soil and Graze with Pigs
04:44 Managing Warm Season Cover Crops for Pigs
07:09 Cool Season Cover Crop Mixes for Pigs
09:06 Production Gaps in Our Grazing Plan
10:35 Short Season Cover Crops
12:02 Most Challenging Time to Plant
13:30 Conclusion
I hope everyone understands what this man’s trying to do and how amazing he is. He deserves our respect.
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@@DowdleFamilyFarms thank you I appreciate and watch your videos. Every chance I get.
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Great video thank you so much for your hard work and dedication to to figure out how to save money on feed which is the most expensive thing when it comes to raising pigs God bless
Happy to help! I'm still figuring this out but am beginning to fill in the forage gaps.
Thanks!
Thank you for your generosity! I hope the video helps.
This is exactly what I want to do for a living. Your videos are truly a blessing
Thank you! You can do it, though it takes a lot of work and dedication.
Excellent project!
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Thank you very much!
We bought some premium meat pigs recently it’s nice to see this information we’ve never raised pigs before and we kind of bought them on a whim
What breeds did you get?
@@DowdleFamilyFarms Berkshire
As I was watching you talk about pigs leaving some of the cover crops, I was wondering about following the pigs with goats, which prefer browse and different forbs and wouldn't trample like cattle. Then follow within 24 hours with chickens which, because of those amazing little rakes at the end of their legs help spread the manure and expose fly and parasite larvae for them to eat, reducing the parasite load of the pigs and goats. Reckon God knew what He was doing when he created this amazing system. 😉
We could follow with goats and chickens, though we don't have any of them on the farm anymore! As a part time farmer, cows, pigs, and honeybees are the extent of our livestock. I have grazed after pigs with cows, though usually I mow. It depends upon how close the cows are and how much trouble it is to get them to the field. The paddock sizes for pigs are small compared to what cows need. You are right about the diverse system that God set about in nature.
Various leader follower choices. Depends which animal needs what nutrients... high energy needs graze first-lactating mothers with young OR finishing groups to fatten...
Where do you get your cover seeds
It depends. I get them from my local farm supply store, petcher seeds, and green cover seed.