Byebrook Farm is an 8th generation family farm milking and grazing a herd of 45 Holstein cows. The farm also produces gouda cheese and bottles raw milk which it sells at their roadside stand. With over 20 years of grazing management experience on a high producing herd, Dennis, Sam, Paul, and Gwen will share their experience on the following topics:
- Cow nutrition during the transition from winter to spring pasture
- Spring pasture forage analysis and how to incorporate this information in the ration
- Early spring pasture management strategies to set the farm up for the rest of the year
- Fencing technologies used to achieve efficient animal movement
- Pasture clipping experiences including use of bush hog vs. discbine
- Use of different classes of animals to achieve different forage management go