Forage Matters: Cover crops, grazing and nitrogen fixation

There are lots of considerations for grazing cover crops. NDSU photo
There are lots of considerations for grazing cover crops. NDSU photo

By James Rogers, NDSU Extension, Forage crops production specialist I am often asked, “Can I graze cover crops?” The answer is yes, you can.

Sometimes a label we give something pigeonholes it for a specific purpose, making it difficult to think about its use in other ways. When cover crops became a hot topic a few years ago, I tried to relabel them as “forage-covers” because they are multiuse crops…