The Cattle Business Weekly

Managing Cows with Limited Perennial Pasture - A Producer Perspective

By Karla Wilke Nebraska Extension Cow/Calf Systems and Stocker Management Specialist By interseeding annual grass into established alfalfa fields and applying water with a K-line irrigation system, Jerry Weekes has developed a system for maintaining cows on limited perennial acres. Jerry Weekes has spent a lifetime in the cattle industry. Most recently, Jerry sold the local sale barn he owned for 27 years, in the Nebraska Panhandle, but continues to develop innovative approaches to the cattle industry. Intensive grazing management is not a new concept and is certainly not new to Jerry Weekes who was first introduced to the Allan...

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