and Crops Know how. Know now.

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1 Integrating Livestock and Crops Know how. Know now. Terry Gompert UNL Extension Educator-Knox County Holistic Management Certified Educator

2 Terry s Different Hats UNL Extension Educator-Grazing Ga Focus Certified Educator for Holistic Management Rancher/Grassfed Beef Producer Follower of Christian Principles

3 Grass Based Agriculture Good for the Land Good for the Animals Good for Man Good for the Ecosystems Sustainable God Blessed Gompert s Hypothesis

4 To be right, the right decision i making is required. -Allan Savory

5 Your Grazing Plan Needs to Move Toward Your Holisticgoal How do you want your life to be? What do you have to produce for it to happen? How does the land need to be to provide the life that you and your family desire?

6 Holistic Management Testing

7 YOUR CHECKLIST FOR BETTER DECISIONS 1. CAUSE & EFFECT look beyond look beyond symptoms 2. WEAK LINK consider people, biological life, money 3. MARGINAL REACTION best bang for buck 4. GROSS PROFIT ANALYSIS comparison 5. MONEY/ENERGY SOURCE /USE 6. SUSTAINABILITY towards health of your land 7. SOCIETY & CULTURE gut feeling

8 Testing Agriculture Systems Cause & Effect Weak Link Marginal Reaction Gross Profit Analysis Money/Energy Source/Use Sustainability Society & Culture Grass Based Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Industrial Based No No Maybe Yes No No No

9 Corn Being Harvested by Big Combine Big Feedlot Desertification Crime/Unhappiness Failure of Society Monoculture Agriculture Resulting In:

10 Barta Ranch Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

11 Barta Ranch Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

12 How We Farm/Ranch Does Make A Difference

13 Our Food Source Matters Photo by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

14 Jo Robinson

15 Much Goes Into Animal and Land Performance/Profits Animal Land Healthy Well Adjusted (low stress) Acclimated Working for You Forage Exceptional Quality People Abundant Quantity Fl Consistent High Brix Healthy & Alive Productive Organic Matter Soil Cover Soil Depth Water Mineralized Knowledge Flexibility Grazier s Eye Begin With The End In Mind

16 Starting Point Catalyst t Needed d Have a Can Do Attitude Manage for What I Want Monitor for Proactive Decision Making

17 Holistic Management Grazing Planning: Getting Animals to the Right Place at the Right Time for the Right Reasons

18 Holistic Management Grazing Planning: Matching Cycles Enhancing/Symbiosis Feedback Loop

19 Let s Match Animal Nutrition Cycle(s) Source: Holistic Management Handbook

20 Forage Converters Tool of Grazing, Rest, and Animal Impact Photo by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

21 A Slash of Technology

22 Enhanced by Human Creativity, Money, and Labor Photo by Bev Henkel, Norfolk

23 Consider Forage Chain Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter J F M A M J J A S O N D LEGUME based perennial pastures Winter Annuals Winter Annuals Summer Annuals High Quality Hays High Quality Hays Corn (grazing)

24 But Never Run Out Of Forage Photo by Kit Pharo

25 Cold Stress Region Neg. H 2 O Bal. Heat Stress Region Source: Terry Mader, UNL Extension

26 A Goal of Grazing Year-Round Identify appropriate forage to fill the gap Choose the appropriate grazing system Give appropriate quality & quantity of feed to meet your goal

27 Year-Round Grazing Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

28 Photo by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension Photo by Bev Henkel, Norfolk

29 Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension Know how. Know now.

30 Photo by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

31 Photo by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

32 Utilize what you have Manage for what you want Work with Nature Graze Year-round round Be Flexible Jim Faulstich South Dakota Rancher

33 Forage Quality is Affected by Many Factors: Density of Plants Plant Complexity Grazing Management Recovery Period Fertility Program Maturity of Forage When Grazed Time of Year

34 Photo by Jeanne Young, Wausa Photo by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

35 Utilization is mostly a function of the grazing method used and generally the higher the stock density, the greater the utilization.

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37 Photo by Chad Peterson, Newport Know how. Know now.

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39 Integrating Cattle and Crops Can heal the land Moves toward sustainability Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

40 November 1996 Cows 30 miles from home 20 inches of snow and ice covered stocks Winter Feed! Fall pairs strip grazing standing corn/m. DeBlauw Summer/Fall strip grazing 1000 pound steers/gompert 1996 Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

41 Gompert 96 Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

42 Fencing Gompert 96 Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

43 Winter Strip Grazing Dry Cows Gompert 96 Photo by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

44 3 Year Summary Year Yield Acres Cows Days Days/a Days/bu Source: WIU Beef Research

45 Seeding Turnips & Oats Grazing Standing Corn Seeding turnips and oats on grazed standing Winter grazing 700 pound heifers corn/gompert 97 Gompert 97 Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

46 Grazing Spring Planted Turnips and Oats Yearlings grazing oats and turnips in June/Gompert 97 Spring planted oats and turnips in May/Gompert 97 Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

47 Non Irrigated Purple Top Turnip Date of Planting and Effect on Yield Niobrara, NE (Approximately 21 Inch Rain Fall) With 7 Replications Plot Harvested October 7 Date Planted Days to Harvest %Protein %DM %TDN Tons Wet Yield Tons Dry Yield May May June July Gompert 1987

48 Non Irrigated Brassicas Date of planting - Effect on Dry Matter Yield Niobrara, NE ( one replication) Harvested October 7 Date Planted Growing Days May days May days June days July days g y y y y y Purple Top Turnip Bovine Cow Turnip Round Black Spanish Radish American Purple Top Rutabaga Dwarf Siberian Kale Blue Curl Kale Dwarf Essex Rape 7.8 T 7.4 T 5.8 T 4.6 T 1.9 T 5.1 T 4.8 T 4.3 T 10. 1T 90T T 1.7 No test 2.7 T 2.6 T 3.7 T 4.0 T 4.2 T 4.2 T 1.8 T 2.9 T 38T T T T T 4.6 T 5.5 T 3.9 T Gompert 1987

49 Brassica Dry Matter Yield Planted July 24 Harvested November 1 5 Gompert 03 4 Tons/acre 3 2 Top/DM Yield Root/DM Yield Total DM Available 1 0 Green Globe Turnip York Globe Turnip Purple Top Turnip Barkant Turnip Appin Turnip

50 Skip Row Corn & Turnips Photo by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension Rosberg Nebraska 2006

51 Time To Get Creative! Look For Opportunities i

52 Nebraska Milk Study (2005) 5 to 20 gallons of organic raw milk increased dry matter forage production by 1200 pounds on irrigated pasture Why? Community Dynamics

53 What Forage Should Be Planted? Photo by Jeanne Young, Wausa

54 What Forage Should Be Planted? The forage that fills the gap is the right forage. Photo by Jeanne Young, Wausa

55 Annual Crop Grazing Use Italian Ryegrass & Oats X X X X X X Oats X X X X Oats & Turnips X X X X X X X X Turnips (fall) or other Brassicas X X X Turnips (spring) or other Brassicas X X X Summer Annuals/Millet, Sudangrass, Sudex X X X X Corn X X X X X X X X X Milo X X X X X X Rye/Triticales, Winter Wheat X X X X X X Italian or Annual Ryegrass X X X X X X Soybeans X X X Sweet Clover, Red Clover/year one X X X X X

56 Each Gap Needs Four Options Pordomingo 05

57 Winter Feed Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension Weaned Calves Using Standing Corn as a Supplement Larson - Nebraska

58 Custom Grazing Cows with Standing Corn Bruns Nebraska 2006 Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

59 Photo by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension Davidson Nebraska 2006

60 Burned Irrigated Corn Nebraska 2006

61 If you suspect extremely high h nitrates: t Dilute 1. Back graze to another pasture 2. Back graze to feed bunk 3. Graze for 1-2 hours and then return to pasture Destroy high risk areas Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

62 Windrow Grazing Potential Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

63 Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension Know how. Know now.

64 Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension Know how. Know now.

65 T. German Iowa 2006 Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

66 Bohaty Nebraska 2006 Brown-rib Sorghum is strip grazed The second grazers are cow/calf pairs Grass Finished Animals Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

67 Bale Grazing Neal Dennis, Canada

68 Photo by Neal Dennis, Canada Know how. Know now.

69 Photo by Neal Dennis, Canada Know how. Know now.

70 Photo by Neal Dennis, Canada Know how. Know now.

71 Photo by Neal Dennis, Canada Know how. Know now.

72 Photo by Neal Dennis, Canada Know how. Know now.

73 Calvo Nebraska 2006 Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

74 2006 Grazing Corn for Grass Finishing Hutchinson, Kansas Ball and Scriven Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

75 Duane Roecks, Washington Have achieved 3 pounds/head during each month of the year. Photo by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

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77 Photos by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension

78 Photo by Terry Gompert, UNL Extension Know how. Know now.

79 Oats Planted 6 bushed per acre not grazed yet Photo by Bob Scriven, Kearney

80 Oats After first graze Photo by Bob Scriven, Kearney

81 Italian Rye Grass Biennial, but grown as an annual Some varieties, act as annuals No seedhead the first year. Grown as a winter- annual in southern areas. Photo by Bob Scriven, Kearney

82 Italian Ryegrass PLANTED ALONE PLANTED W/ OATS 35 # seed Plant mid spring Very high quality May be fall planted in warmer climates High moisture requirement 15 # seed Plant early spring Becomes primary forage after oats mature High moisture requirement

83 Crabgrass Stockpiled for winter grazing g Photo by Bob Scriven, Kearney

84 Have A Backup Plan Photo by Steve Rasmussen, Nebraska State Forestry

85 The Future of grass based agriculture re is bright! Terry Gompert UNL Extension Educator

86 Extension is a Division i i of the Institute t of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska Lincoln cooperating with the Counties and the United States Department of Agriculture. University of Nebraska Lincoln Extension educational programs abide with the nondiscrimination policies of the University of Nebraska Lincoln and the United States Department of Agriculture