Grazing to finish cattle requires similar, if not higher quality nutrition, as in a feedlot. For cattle to grade “Choice”, they require an unending supply of digestible, high energy feed. The foundation of any grazing system of this nature is a cool season grass, legume, and forb pasture.
With hot, wet weather across the southern US, warm season plants have historically been a standby. They supply a bulk of feed and persistence, year after year. However, a C4, or warm season pasture, cannot supply the energy requirement needed to finish beef in a grass-fed system during the colder growing season.
Until recently, cool season pastures have not persisted on the limited irrigation or dryland of the Southern Plains or Pacific Southwest. PGG Seeds introduces a portfolio of endophyte free, cool season plant material suited for grazing-to-finish systems.