The document provides resources for grass-fed beef producers to grow high quality forage throughout the grazing season and extend the grazing period in order to reduce the need for stored winter feed. It recommends growing pastures with high legume content and species adapted to local conditions, using short grazing intervals and long rest periods between grazings. Websites, books, magazines, and conferences are listed that provide additional information on forage management and grass-fed beef production.

1. Grass Fed Beef - Resources
Jack Kyle, Grazier Specialist
OMAF and MRA

2. Resources for Grass Fed
• Goal is to :
– Grow high quality forage throughout the
grazing season
– Extend the grazing season as much as
possible both spring and fall
– Provide quality stored forage for the
remainder of the year

3. Growing Quality Pasture
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High legume content
Species adapted to your conditions
Adequate Rest and Recovery
Short grazing interval long rest interval
Water readily accessible in each paddock
Maintain residual grazing heights

4. Growing Quality Pasture & Forage
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Extend the Grazing Period
– Spring
• Cereal Rye
– Summer
• Sorghum-Sudan
• Millets
– Fall
• Summer seeded oats & brassicas
• Stockpile Perennial Forage
– Winter
• Hay & Haylage
• Sorghum-Sudan Silage

5. Websites
• OMAF and MRA
– http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/field/forages.html
• Foragebeef.ca
– www.foragebeef.ca
• Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association
– http://mfga.net
• Manitoba Grass Fed Beef
– www.manitobagrassfedbeef.ca
• Eat wild
– www.eatwild.com

6. Books

7. Magazines
• Stockman Grass Farmer
• www.stockmangrassfarmer.
com
• Graze
• www.grazeonline.com
• Canadian Cattlemen

8. Conferences
• Ontario Forage Council
– Profitable Pastures
• Local Pasture Walks & meetings
• USA – Northern States Grazing Conferences