Reseeding pig pastures with cover crops
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Quick video to show you
Quick video to show you the very simple method I use for reseeding pig pastures that get overused. We just had 3 days of heavy rain and the area they are currently in turned into a mud pit - seed to the rescue! I don't always need to do this but after a heavy rain or if we can't move them in time it's a good way to kickstart the pasture.
1-2 days before I move the pigs to their new pasture, I come in with a few scoops of grass + cover crop seeds. It's winter right now so I'm using winter rye, field peas, oats, and hairy vetch. Simply toss the seed over the bald spot areas and allow the pigs to stomp it into the ground while they walk around. They will inevitably eat some of the seed, but it's ok, they won't get a lot of it.
Depending on how moist the seeds are kept you should expect to see gemination in a week or two (it's very wet for us right now). Then you will start to have a new, lush field. You won't even be able to tell pigs had been wallowing there! For any large holes the pigs have dug I like to come in with a shovel and push the mounds back to flat so there is less risk of me stepping into a hole and falling on my face later down the line. Most of the soil will flatten out over time with rain and erosion.
I try to move the pigs before the area gets to this level of mud pit, but with the weather and our schedule it didn't happen. I usually move them every 2 weeks, depending on how their pasture looks.
www.redrockfarmstead.com
1-2 days before I move the pigs to their new pasture, I come in with a few scoops of grass + cover crop seeds. It's winter right now so I'm using winter rye, field peas, oats, and hairy vetch. Simply toss the seed over the bald spot areas and allow the pigs to stomp it into the ground while they walk around. They will inevitably eat some of the seed, but it's ok, they won't get a lot of it.
Depending on how moist the seeds are kept you should expect to see gemination in a week or two (it's very wet for us right now). Then you will start to have a new, lush field. You won't even be able to tell pigs had been wallowing there! For any large holes the pigs have dug I like to come in with a shovel and push the mounds back to flat so there is less risk of me stepping into a hole and falling on my face later down the line. Most of the soil will flatten out over time with rain and erosion.
I try to move the pigs before the area gets to this level of mud pit, but with the weather and our schedule it didn't happen. I usually move them every 2 weeks, depending on how their pasture looks.
www.redrockfarmstead.com
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