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January will be here before we know it and soon after, pastures will be greening up. Now is the time to plan for the preparation of the upcoming grazing season. One maintenance item to accomplish now is the incorporation of clovers such as Freedom! MR Red Clover and Alice White Clover into existing grass pasturesContinue reading “Frost Seeding of Clovers”

Over the next several months  I will focus the Amazing Grazing column on the topic of implementing a Regenerative Grazing system in the Southeastern US, based on examples from my own production system.  I have been farming in Southern Virginia and Northern North Carolina near the little border town of Virgilina, VA for most ofContinue reading “Confessions of a Regenerative Farmer: Part 1”

September, 2025 It has been another busy month for us getting pastures clipped and getting cows ready for calving.  We had a very wet spell in July and early August, but that quickly changed with less than an inch of rain here in the last 3 weeks.  The dry weather is expected to continue forContinue reading “Triple Creek Journal: Grazing Headed Dallisgrass”

September is a critical time for Tall Fescue Pasture Renovation. If you don’t have your critical dates set, make decisions and put the dates on your calendar. Specific establishment calendars are available for most states on the Alliance website, or from your local extension agent. For new stands to be planted this fall it isContinue reading “September Tall Fescue Pasture Renovation Tips.”

According to Tom Kilcer, planting a winter annual could make up for this lack of forage quality. In a recent issue of Crop Soil News, the owner of Advanced Ag Systems, an agronomy consulting and research business, suggests triticale is a viable winter annual option to seed after corn silage harvest. “We prefer triticale overContinue reading “Consider Triticale as a Winter Cereal”

It has been a crazy year for precipitation over much of the eastern USA!  In North Carolina and Virginia we have had very hot dry spells and in between, flooding rains.  Our last big rain was from Tropical Storm Chantal that hit the central Piedmont of NC on July 7, 2025.  Rainfall in the areaContinue reading “Triple Creek Journal, August 2025: Summer Rains Bring Abundant Forage”

As of today we are only 15 days away from first tall fescue planting dates in the northern tall fescue belt, and only 60 days from final optimal planting dates anywhere in the region. Make sure you have critical dates for final glyphosate spraying and planting on your calendar. If you don’t have the drillContinue reading “Novel Endophyte Tall Fescue Monthly Tips: August”

Farmers interested in purchasing Forage Production APH or alfalfa seed crop insurance coverage (where available) for the 2026 crop year should consult with their crop insurance agent as the sales closing dates for those products are approaching. The sales closing date is the last day to buy federal crop insurance for the coming crop year.Continue reading “Forage Crop Insurance Deadlines Right Around the Corner”

Late summer is the optimal time to begin planning for stockpiling tall fescue—an effective forage management strategy that extends the grazing season and reduces reliance on stored feed during winter. Stockpiling refers to the practice of accumulating fall forage growth by deferring grazing, allowing for strategic use of high-quality standing forage during the dormant season.Continue reading “Stretch Your Grazing Season: Stockpile Fall Growth”

It has been a good summer grazing season as we continue to get ample rain. A really mild May turned into a blazing hot June, but rain is a great healer. We have high populations of dung beetles working the pastures now, and our native warm season grasses and legumes continue to build as partContinue reading “Triple Creek Journal: Build a seedbank that works for you”