![]() If the harrow breaks the grass stubble off it is lost. I don't like to disturb the grazing leftovers if rotationally grazing. I can understand dragging a pasture if you've fed hay on it or if you want to seed clover on it. Not a waste of time here or my wife's time I should say we use two 5 bar spike harrow one behind the other works really well plus it just looks nice when done Don't have enough time to get all the little things done. If I frost seeded anything I'd definitely drag it as you've got several benefits in a single pass. Timing is important as there's no point in rolling frozen rocks around and hitting any any old growth at the right time really seems to help. If you've got a big enough chain harrow I don't believe it's a waste of time as the regrowth comes on even and it grazes better than clumped up pasture, but I'm not going out there if all I have is a 10'er. Cow pattys about every 2 ft apart where I have been strip grazing Wanted to run a chain drag over it to incorporate clover into the soil and kinda scatter the piles and cover clover seed. IMO if you fed hay there and it's piled up it's definitely worth it. I will try to find exactly where I read it and exactly what he said.I believe I just read that in the forage grower magazine. He basically calls it a waste of time as the poop piles decompose from the bottom up anyway. ![]() Just read in a book by Jim Gerrish or Allan Nation about pasture dragging. If you are going to broadcast seed maybe do that first and let the drag partially incorporate the seed, if your ground is thawed and the surface reasonably dry. Might be different in MO this time of year.ĭragging pastures in a rotational grazing system is a very low cost/high return operation in my opinion and experience. ![]() Dragging spreads the fertilizer value of the manure around (no bright green spots ) with the next good rain, improving the sward the next time through.Īround here now everything is frozen hard and dragging would do no good as the frozen manure piles will just roll, not smear and disperse. This spreads the fresh manure, reducing/eliminating avoidance spots around manure piles the next time through in around 30 days. Posted 18:14 (#4372412 - in reply to #4372360) Subject: RE: Dragging Pasture ?ĭuring the grazing season I drag every rotationally grazed pasture as soon as the herd moves to a different pasture, probably about once a week. I had so much manure I was afraid it would not work and may cover too deep but worked well. Spreads out the manure too, so no harm in it in my case other than a few hours of time a couple times a year. The cows will get back to eating on the manure spots faster, and it doesn't take me all that long to drag them anyways. In an area like mine where pastures are smaller but grow quickly I believe it speeds up the process. ![]() I will try to find exactly where I read it and exactly what he said. ![]() Fescue and orchard grass and going to broadcast clover in it soon Should I just let mother nature take care of or should I help her along by scattering it out. Is it a waste of time or not ? Use rotational grazing in the summer and strip grazing stockpile now. ( logon | register )ĭragging Pasture ? Jump to page : 1 Now viewing page 1 ![]()
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