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SOW COLD PASTURE CONSULTANT GREG BRANN RELIES ON LATE-WINTER FROST-SEEDING AS A RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE TO MECHANICAL METHODS BY M A R K E . J O H N S O N Even with all the technological advances of 21st-century agriculture, sometimes the best practices involve simply letting Mother Nature do most of the work. Such is the case with frost-seeding. This method of pasture management is one of the most effective and cost-efficient ways to improve hay and forage quality and, ultimately, realize more livestock gains, especially in multi-species grazing. Greg Brann’s 800-acre Adolphus, Kentucky, farm is 20
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a prime example. Not only does Brann graze around 150 beef cattle, but also 125 hair sheep, 40 wool sheep, and around 20 goats. A flock of chickens even browses across Brann’s fields. Some 250 acres are devoted to pasture, and each is carefully studied and managed by Brann. That should come as no surprise. When he’s not working his farm, Brann travels across the U.S. as a grazing management consultant, visiting with farmers and speaking to agricultural groups.
