Landowners - Forage, grazing & marginal lands

Landowners

Forage, Grazing and Marginal Lands

Grassed buffer strips can also be established for forage and delayed grazing. In this way, cropland is not lost to production, wildlife habitat is created and sediment, pesticide and nutrient filtering is enhanced.

Cattle are well adapted to utilization of perennial warm season grasses like tallgrass species such as Indian Grass and Switch Grass.

Some benefits of tallgrass for grazing include the extension of the grazing season through hot summers, reduced fertilizer requirements, drought resistances, use of marginal lands and opportunities to increase stocking rates.

Prairie plants that are suitable for grazing and forage include Big Bluestem, Little Bluestem, Eastern/Side Oats Gama Grass, Indian Grass and Switch Grass. Please review pages 11-12 in the Agro-Economic Applications of Tallgrass Species for a discussion of the research into the uses of tallgrass for forage which is available for download.

	Farm & Rural Properties
	Stream buffers and erosion control
»	Forage, grazing and marginal lands
	Native plant nurseries and seed production
	Financial assistance to convert land to native grassland species
	The Agro-economic Applications of Tallgrass Prairie Species in Ontario
	Securing Land - Environment Canada’s Ecogift Program