Winter Feeding Systems Can Provide Years of Benefits to Cropland

Winter feeding systems can improve the efficiency of your farm. Dr. Breeanna Kelln is the Beef Industry Research Chair in Integrated Forage Management and Utilization and an Assistant Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. She says keeping livestock on your cropland during the winter months can help forage production in future years. Kelln and Melissa Atchison, co-owner of Poplarview Stock Farm as well as the Research and Extension Specialist with Manitoba Beef, presented at the Canadian Beef Industry Conference in Calgary in August. Kelln says winter feeding on cropland will create efficiencies on operations and, potentially, increase production of forage the following year.