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PASTURE CARE<br />
to a new regimen. Advances to fencing<br />
technology, improved grazing varieties of<br />
grasses and legumes are available tools.<br />
Rotational grazing impacts a farm<br />
enterprise and demands time. That is<br />
why Denise Schwab, ISU Extension beef<br />
specialist and a cattle woman in her own<br />
right, emphasizes that the design of a<br />
grazing system for your farm should be<br />
seen through the lens of terrain, water<br />
source, and convenience in moving<br />
animals. There are a lot of moving parts<br />
in rotational grazing, but the potential for<br />
increased capacity is there.<br />
At a well-attended ISU Extension Fencing<br />
and Pasture Clinic held last fall on the<br />
David Burmahl farm northwest of Maquoketa,<br />
Schwab and Iowa Beef Center<br />
staff taught participants what amounted to<br />
a crash course and master class in pasture<br />
management.<br />
The Burmahl rotational pasture operation<br />
as seen in an aerial view is a virtual<br />
mosaic of odd shapes and sizes. Matched<br />
EASTERN IOWA FARMER PHOTO / LOWELL CARLSON<br />
David Burmahl is shown with some of the farm’s large cow herd. Burmahl uses rotational<br />
grazing techniques on owned and leased land in the Emeline community. The hilly topography of<br />
Jackson County calls for creative paddock design to provide stock cows with adequate forage.<br />
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