VIDEO: Chewing the fat on corn-intercrop grazing

A common practice for some cattle producers is to let loose cows onto a ripe corn field and graze to their heart’s content for fall/winter grazing – trouble is the herd may not be getting the crude protein they need from that meal. In order to help meet a beef cow’s nutritional needs while grazing corn, Talyia Tober, a master’s student with the University of Manitoba’s Department of Animal Sciences, is studying how corn intercropping with particular forage varieties can increase a beef cow’s nutritional needs. Here, Tober speaks with Robert Arnason of the Western Producer about her research.

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