Adding grazing to cover crops can benefit bottom line

  • A new wheat crop grows after the cover crop was grazed off. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Paul DeLaune)
    A new wheat crop grows after the cover crop was grazed off. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Paul DeLaune)
Growing dual-purpose wheat for both grazing and grain production is an important agricultural practice in the Southern Great Plains. But of late, more Texas Rolling Plains producers want to know if alternative systems to dual-purpose wheat, such as grazing cover crops, can bring additional value. Cover crops are grown for a specific duration in the cropping offseason and then terminated and left…

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