Frost seeding is a low-cost option to renovate a pasture or hayfield. It involves broadcasting seed on to the soil surface and letting natural freeze/thaw cycles work to increase seed to soil contact.

The window to frost-seed opens soon. Adding diversity to a pasture can make it more productive than growing tall fescue alone. Diversity can also aid in reducing or diluting the effects of fescue ...

Producers wanting to add to or improve the forage species in their existing pastures should consider using either the frost seeding method in February and early March, or interseeding later in the ...

Frost-seeding legumes now can pay big dividends later, University of Missouri Extension field specialist in agronomy Terry Halleran says. Frost-seeding is a low-cost method of broadcasting legumes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 2—Kentucky's weather conditions are predictably unpredictable. During the Kentucky Forage and Grassland Council assembly in ...

I’ve always joked that I don’t have to go to the doctor’s office and get on a treadmill, because if I can do frost eating for ...

Many pastures in Iowa were stressed in 2020 from the dry conditions, storm damage, or overgrazing. Consider improving pasture stands and forage production with either frost seeding or interseeding ...

The recent run of comparatively warm weather signals it’s time to start thinking pasture frost seeding. Mid-March to mid-April generally marks the best time for frost seeding pastures. Frost seeding ...

Many horse and livestock owners will look to improve the yield and quality of their pastures this winter by overseeding their pastures this month with a recommended grass or legume variety. This is a ...

“We have the best success with frost seedings and inter-seedings when we incorporate them into a grazing system as a routine part of our pasture-improvement rotation,” says dairy farmer Dan Olson of ...

Here are some tips on spring grazing: *Frost Seeding — On pastures where the turf is thin and there are many small bare spots, “frost seeding” is worth considering right now. Use a cyclone seeder to ...

Amy Barkley and Josh Putman, Cornell Cooperative Extension’s SWNY livestock and field crops specialists, will present virtual classes on pasture management on Thursday evenings starting Feb. 25.