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November 2017
County Extension Agent for
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Table of Contents
Page 2 - 3 Cattle IRM
Page 4 Pictures of KFB Annual
Meeting
Page 5 - 6 Pictures of Farm Safety
Day
Page 7 Pictures of KSU Third
Thursday
Page 8 – 9 Managing Late Pastures
Page 10 KY Farm Market
Enrollment
Page 11 - Sheep & Goat IRM
Page 12 & 13 HEEL Publication
The fields are finally ready for harvest
Cooperative Extension Service Bullitt County 384 Halls Lane Shepherdsville, KY 40165-6263 (502)543-2257 Fax: (502)543-6940 extension.ca.uky.edu
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Beef Integrated Resource
Management
Review Weekly Kentucky Department of Agriculture
Grain and Marketing Reports.
Record average price for class and weight
important to your operation.
Spring Calving Herd wean the
calves
Give any necessary booster vaccinations
to calves (ie IBR-PI3BVDBRSV)
Consider selling open cows and heifers
and those weaning poor calves. Inform tax
preparer if the cows and heifers were
raised or purchased.
Put thin cows (body condition score of
less than 5) on high quality feed or
pasture, such as accumulated tall fescue.
Obtain cow and calf weights at weaning
and see your County Extension Agent for
information on record keeping programs.
Cull cows based on performance and
pregnancy status and make initial heifer
selections, keeping at least 20% more than
you intend to retain for the next breeding
season.
Keep back the best of the early-born heifer
calves for potential replacements. If
purchasing replacement females, identify
dates and locations of regional sales.
Marketing: Plan your calf marketing
program. Alternatives include CPH-45
sales (check local sale for specific
requirements and dates), weekly auction
markets, private treaty sales to dealers or
feeders, backgrounding the calves
yourself, or retaining ownership through
the feedlot.
Fall Calving continues Check calving pastures frequently.
Identify calf with ear tag and/or tattoo
while calves are young and easy to handle
and record dam ID and birth date.
Commercial male calves should also be
castrated and implanted according to
product recommendations. Castration and
dehorning are less stressful when
performed on young animals.
Registered calves should be weighed
during the first 24 hours.
Move cows with young calves to the best
pasture - accumulated fescue pasture can
work well for this.
Line-up A.I. sires and/or purchase new
bulls at least 30 days before the breeding
season - demand expected progeny
differences (EPDs) and breeding
soundness exam reports and check health
history including immunizations. Choose
a breed and use EPDs plus visual
observation to select the bull that best fits
your program and budget.
Have veterinarian perform breeding
soundness evaluations on bulls.
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Fall Calving Continues
Evaluate yearling replacement heifers for
pelvic area, reproductive tract score, and
weight. Heifers should reach their target
weight of 65% of expected mature weight
by breeding season.
Considerations for all Cattle Treat calves and cows for external
parasites.
Remove fly-control ear tags to prevent
resistance.
Environment Plan for winter feeding area.
Select at least three or four potential
sacrifice areas (1 acre grass sod per 20-50
cows).
Consider installing geotextile-gravel pad in
the sacrifice area.
Consider impact of runoff from feeding
areas.
Perform annual maintenance to geotextile
areas. Grade for drainage and gravel where
needed.
Forages Apply phosphate, potash and lime
according to soil test recommendations.
Do not harvest or graze alfalfa fields
to replenish root reserves.
Graze crop residues (Beware of
grazing restrictions on certain crop
herbicides).
Beware of prussic acid (cyanide)
poisoning from grazing summer annual
grasses following frost.
Start inventory of hay supplies and
needs and test hay quality.
Consider broadleaf weed control in
grass pastures.
Record-Keeping
Fall calving herd: record calf information.
Spring calving herd: record weaning
weight and date.
Record breeding cow and calf sales.
Record cattle working procedures and
practices for BQA records.
Record shipment of cattle sold for BQA
records.
Record last calf born in fall season as end
of calving season.
Record the series of CPH-45 tags, the date
applied and to which calving group they
are applied.
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September 16
Bullitt County Farm Bureau
Annual Meeting
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September 20
Farm Safety Day
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September 21
Third Thursday at
Kentucky State University
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Managing Pastures during the Late-
Growing Season 9/14/2017 Glen Aiken
Our cool-season grass pastures are in the
second half of the growing season, and it is
time to think about preparing them for cold
weather and spring green-up.Yes, I said spring
green-up, because management inputs that
prepare your pasture forages’ root systems to
survive freezing ground temperatures and
provide maximum storage of nutrients can
promote early spring growth. In other words,
your pastures get a good start in the next
growing season with good grazing
management and fertilization in the fall.
Pastures are generally not as productive in the
fall as during the
spring season, so you
may wonder why full
attention is not spent
on promoting and
utilizing the spring
growth. Maximizing
and utilizing spring
growth should be a
priority, but fertilizer
application and sound
grazing management
decisions in the late-
growing season can
promote winter
survival, which can
carry-over into an
early and strong spring growth.
Why would we want to fertilize in the late
summer or early fall? The answer is: why
not? An application of 50 to 70 pounds of
nitrogen from early August to middle
September can generate growth of fall
pasture. Much of this growth is due to
increases in tillers/shoots that increases
ground cover and thickens grass stands. An
application of nitrogen in early to mid-August
is routinely recommended for stockpiling tall
fescue to maximize pasture growth for winter
grazing that will save dollars spent on hay and
feed.
A fall application of nitrogen will also increase
storage of nitrogen in the root systems, needed
for maintenance during the winter months, and
growth as air and soil temperatures rise in the
early spring. Although a late application of
nitrogen in October may not generate a
reliable amount of forage growth, it can
conserve the nitrogen stored in the roots to
generate stronger and more productive grass
stands in the spring.
Phosphate and potash are ordinarily applied in
the spring, but the fall is also a good time to
spread these nutrients. If soil tests state that
phosphate has dropped below 60 pounds per
acre and potassium below 120 pounds per acre
then it is wise to apply these nutrients prior to
the onset of winter.
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Both of these nutrients have critical functions
in growth and maintenance of grass and
legume root systems. Fall is also a good time
to spread lime if needed to increase soil pH.
It does not make much sense to fertilize
during a dry summer, but there will likely be
some showers in the fall before freezing
temperatures. Grass plants that are stressed
from hot and dry summer weather have less
chance to recover with fall rains if fertility is
low. Consequently, plant losses can be high
and pastures will exhibit deterioration in the
spring following a dry summer with
overgrazing, and low fertility in the fall.
Best grazing management practices in the late
summer and fall will also improve winter
survival and spring growth.
Pastures should be rotationally stocked such
that cool-season grasses are grazed to a 3- to 4
-inch height and rested to obtain above a 6-
inch pasture height before grazing
again. Perennial grasses and legumes during
the fall are primarily growing new tillers and
leaves to increase their capacity to produce
soluble carbohydrates through
photosynthesis. During the fall, a substantial
amount of these carbohydrates are routed to
the root systems for storage and used as an
energy source during the winter and spring
green-up. You can think of the fall as a time
when perennial grasses and legumes are
trying to prepare themselves for freezing
temperatures.
The fall growth must be grazed, but enough
green residual should be maintained for
recovery growth and replenishment of stored
carbohydrates in the root systems. If there is
not enough leaf material to generate enough
carbohydrate for new growth, the plants will
draw the needed carbohydrate from their root
systems.
Make sure to reduce thatch in pastures that are
going to be frost planted with clovers. In late
November or December, graze all pastures to
a 3- to 4-inch
height. However,
successful frost planting of
clovers is doubtful if there
is excessive amounts of
mowed material on the
ground. Mowing might be
needed if there are
ungrazed weeds or summer
grasses, such as fox
tail. You could be inclined
to graze or mow close to
the soil surface, but why
give spring weeds room to emerge and have
some competitive advantage with the grass
and emerging clover?
A final note in regards to stockpiled
‘Kentucky 31’ tall fescue: Ergot alkaloids are
oftentimes higher in the fall than in the
spring. Fall growth of tall fescue that is
fertilized in the late summer has the greatest
potential to be very toxic. It is advisable that
fall growth of tall fescue not be grazed until
after a hard freeze—less than 27 degrees
Fahrenheit—that inactivates fescue growth.
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2017 Certified Roadside Farm
Market enrollment period open Kentucky Ag News - Kentucky Farm Bureau
The season for roadside farm markets is far
from over, but Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB)
wants to help market owners get next year’s
efforts off to a great start – enrollment for the
2017 Certified Roadside Farm Market pro-
gram is now open.
Established in July 1996, the KFB Certified
Roadside Farm Market program began as an
initiative to help farmers market their fruits
and vegetables directly from roadside markets
to consumers across the Commonwealth.
Since then, the membership has expanded to
include farm enterprises like greenhouses,
landscape nurseries, Christmas tree farms,
vineyards/wineries and meat/cheese farm
markets. The KFB Roadside Farm Market
program celebrated its twenty-first year in
2016.
Markets certified through this program are
identified by a sign with the cornucopia logo
and listed in the KFB Certified Roadside
Farm Market Directory. The program also
provides collective advertising, promotional
items, education tour opportunities, and other
marketing benefits with the intent to increase
the net farm income of member markets.
Early enrollment discounts are available for
the 2017 KFB Certified Roadside Market pro-
gram. Returning markets that renew their
membership by November 21 receive the dis-
counted rate of $275. Renewal rates increase
to $350 for markets that wait to enroll No-
vember 22 through December 31.
Roadside markets that are first- and second-
year members to KFB’s Certified Roadside
Market program can join for just $250 during
the early enrollment session, which ends No-
vember 21. First- and second-year market
members who enroll November 22 through
December 31 can join for $325.
To apply for membership, visit kyfb.com/
rfmenrollment. For questions about enroll-
ment and the benefits of participating in the
KFB Certified Roadside Farm Market pro-
gram, please contact Fran McCall, Commodi-
ty Specialist and Roadside Farm Market Co-
ordinator, at (502) 495-5000, extension 7238,
or by email at [email protected].
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Sheep & Goat Integrated Resource
Management
Fall Breeding:
Put marking harness on Bucks and rams.
Give mature bucks/rams access to 35
females, yearlings access to 25 females and
ram lambs and buck kids access to 15
females.
Check and record marks daily.
Change marking harness color every 15 to
16 days.
Preparations for Fall Kidding/Lambing:
Vaccinate pregnant does and ewes approx.
30 days prior to kidding or lambing with
CD/T (Enterotoxemia Types C, D and
Tetanus)
Shear pregnant wool ewes.
Trim feet and run through foot bath with
10% zinc sulfate solution.
De-worm pregnant ewes and does with a
FAMACHA score of 3,4 or 5.
Keep pregnant females on pasture as long
as possible for exercise.
Check facilities, equipment and supplies to
ensure everything is ready for kidding/
lambing.
Fall Kidding & Lambing:
Closely observe late gestation does and
ewes and feed at the same time every day.
Move does/ewes to individual pens
following kidding/lambing for nursing &
bonding (2-5 days)
Trim navel cord if needed and dip in 7%
iodine solution.
Check teats to make sure they are
functional and make sure kids & lambs
nurse as soon as possible after birth.
Record birth weights, date, and sex of
newborn kids & lambs as well as dam ID.
Check newborn kids/lambs often (every 2-
4 hrs).
Marking Harness
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