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Increasing Legumes in Pastures Through Frost Seeding

December 30, 2024

Recently, I've had several conversations about increasing legumes in pastures through frost seeding. This method offers numerous benefits for pasture health, soil fertility and forage quality. One key advantage is that legumes, like red and white clover, fix nitrogen in the soil, reducing the need for synthetic fertilizers and promoting a more balanced plant community. This results in more resilient and sustainable pastures.

Frost seeding also increases the nutritional value of the pasture. Legumes provide excellent forage for livestock, offering higher protein content than grasses, which improves animal growth, milk production and reproductive success. Additionally, frost seeding is cost-effective. It requires minimal equipment and can be done between Christmas and Valentine’s Day, eliminating the need for expensive planting equipment.

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The Case for Clover - Consider Frost-Seeding Legumes this Winter

February 9, 2024

Frost-seeding clovers into poorly producing or grass-dominated pastures by broadcasting in late winter is a practice that has been done for years. Adding legumes into pasture improves grazing quality and increases the forage amount that can be removed (up to a 50 to 100 percent increase in production when using legumes as a small percentage of the grass pasture).

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The Nuts and Bolts of Frost Seeding

December 29, 2023

It's time to think about frost seeding your pastures and alfalfa stands. Frost seeding clover is an excellent way to improve forage quality and yield. 

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Frost Seeding Legumes

January 5, 2021

Frost seeding is certainly one of the least expensive ways to enhance the stand of legumes in your pastures. It is basically the process of broadcasting the legume seed onto the soil surface during the winter dormant months.

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Benefits of a Pure Stand of Cover Crop Red Clover

December 22, 2020

I recently plowed under a successful stand of red clover in an organic wheat field on my farm near Kokomo, Indiana. I have grown alfalfa and mixed stands of hay as a cash crop for my entire career. Five years ago we began experimenting with organic grain production to try something new and take advantage of the synergies between organic grain farming and our existing hay business.

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