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<br /> <br />.~ <br /> <br /> <br />. <br />t <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />I <br />':J <br /> <br />PONENTS OF A FORAGE <br />MANAGEMENT PROGRAM <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />How can you tell whether <br />your feed and forage <br />requirements ba(ance with <br />what your land can <br />produce? <br /> <br />Q By doing your own calcu- <br />fatlons. fOllowing these <br />examples: <br />O~ 'Gllll% 1. Feed Requirement: <br />2 horses <br />X d.s tons/month <br />X 6 months - <br />3 tons hay <br /> <br />2. Feed Production: <br />10 acres (fertile non- <br />Irrigated soli) <br />X 1 ton/acre - <br />~ 10 tons hay <br /> <br />3. Forage Requirement: <br />~ 2 horses , <br /> <br />fL;l(. "f1('! .#'~.,. X 1.2S;~;~r1th <br /> <br />I . <to Forage ~od.u'tlon: <br />. . 10 acres (fertile non- <br />- -4. IrrIgated soli) <br />X 1 AUM/acre- <br />10 AUMs <br /> <br />+ Develop a grazing plan with help <br />from your local Natural Resources <br />Conservation Service office or <br />Colorado State University <br />C<XJperative Extension agent. <br /> <br />. Eliminate continuous, season~long <br />grazing by subdi\'iding larger pastures <br />into smaller ones and developing <br />a rotation system--<>r by finding <br />altenlate pasture. <br /> <br />+ Allow long rest periods or use a high- <br />intensity. short#duration grazing sys# <br />tern to rejuvenate pOOf pasture. <br /> <br />+ Corral animals and feed them hay <br />until forage plants have time to <br />grow in the spring. Move animals <br />when 50% of the forage plant has <br />heen eaten. <br /> <br />+ Provide a water source for each <br />pasture. <br /> <br />+ Develop irrigation-if you have <br />\\-'atcr rights. Practice proper irriga- <br />tion water management. UnJer-irri- <br />g,nion may shorten the life of plants, <br />especially alfalfa, and over-irrigation <br />can drown plants, increase salt prob. <br />. s. promo . ' ~ <br /> <br />Poor <br />