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<blockquote data-quote="eastTN270" data-source="post: 5100042" data-attributes="member: 2850"><p>I've seen a lot of talk lately about planting multi-species crops for soil building/health, wildlife, etc. I started farming a few years ago. I think my farm is the typical old east TN farmland. It has slate ground, hillsides, and has been overgrazed. Since I started, I've kept my cattle numbers lower than the land will support, started rotational grazing, and let several areas "rest". My pasture is "thin" in a lot of places, some areas have lots of weeds, areas of bare ground, and don't infiltrate water very well. I want to build better soil, increase grazing and hay production, and just be a better steward than trying to grow fescue. </p><p>I'm thinking of taking my worst field, its about 10 acres, fertilizing it based on soil test and drilling in a multi-species crop. Then in the fall, come back with a mixture of grasses for grazing. Does anyone have experience with this? Pros/Cons. Should I kill everything in the field first, before I plant, or just have the cattle graze it down and plant into the existing?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eastTN270, post: 5100042, member: 2850"] I've seen a lot of talk lately about planting multi-species crops for soil building/health, wildlife, etc. I started farming a few years ago. I think my farm is the typical old east TN farmland. It has slate ground, hillsides, and has been overgrazed. Since I started, I've kept my cattle numbers lower than the land will support, started rotational grazing, and let several areas "rest". My pasture is "thin" in a lot of places, some areas have lots of weeds, areas of bare ground, and don't infiltrate water very well. I want to build better soil, increase grazing and hay production, and just be a better steward than trying to grow fescue. I'm thinking of taking my worst field, its about 10 acres, fertilizing it based on soil test and drilling in a multi-species crop. Then in the fall, come back with a mixture of grasses for grazing. Does anyone have experience with this? Pros/Cons. Should I kill everything in the field first, before I plant, or just have the cattle graze it down and plant into the existing? [/QUOTE]
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