Recent content by sdcowboy

He's comin around to it. He sees the value in it but we just drilled a deep well last year and have to get over that b4 we can do a lot of acres.

I couldn't agree more. This program is about balance and maximizing the pastures potential. In order to keep that potential we must keep a diversity in species and legumes. Its not a miracle, just management.

Thanks for all the feedback, I think I finally figured out how to work that dang quote thing. sorry if the replies are confusing. took me a while to figure that out.

I agree that rotational grazing is crucial and a phenomenal tool. But I look at herbicide as just another tool. In my part of the world we don't get much rainfall, the last 5 years we haven't had any :wink: and so what we can do with chemical in one year takes 10-20 with rotational grazing...

Faster horses Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:43 am Post subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And how is it applied? Aerial spraying? We did some sagebrush that way and it worked well, but we couldn't justify the cost to spray for...

I ranch in northern meade county and I'm excited about a new pasture management technique. I'm working on restoring balance and increasing forage production through herbicide application and grazing management. I was very skeptical at first but after seeing the results all over eastern...

Jinglebob, have you ever looked at using herbicide to treat your pastures. I ranch in meade county and have greatly been able to increase my grass production and restore balance to my pasture by taking out cactus, sagewort, and snakeweed. Never seen such a release of desirable forbs such as...