Hairy Vetch as a Cover Crop for Grazing

Hairy vetch is used extensively as a cover crop because it fixes nitrogen, over winters well and produces a lot of biomass. Plus the nitrogen from hairy vetch can be used for successive crops. Grazing hairy vetch is not without its problems but if you are careful, you can graze hairy vetch with cows and pigs.

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00:00 Introduction
01:06 Growth Characteristics of Hairy Vetch
02:15 Cost of Seed
03:52 Planting Hairy Vetch
04:57 Grazing Hairy Vetch with Cattle
05:43 Three Problems with Grazing Hairy Vetch With Cattle
06:24 Why Graze Hairy Vetch
07:36 Tips for Safely Grazing Vetch with Cattle
09:04 Grazing Hairy Vetch with Pigs
10:26 My Plans to Graze Pigs on Hairy Vetch
10:51 Why Graze Pigs on Hairy Vetch

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