Forage Managment Calendar

November

• If not done in October, soil test fields that will be seeded to forages next year. Apply lime now to adjust soil pH.
• If the forage is needed, a final harvest of alfalfa can be taken when growth has stopped and the temperature drops to 24 F or lower.
• If needed, apply fall herbicides for control of winter-annual weeds in legume fields.
• Continue grazing summer-seeded brassica forage.
• Begin grazing stockpiled forages.
• Overgraze pastures that are to be overseeded with legumes in February or March.
• Consider pasturing corn stover as a feed cost reduction strategy.