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Midwest Cattleman Magazine The Midwest Cattleman · February 24, 2022 · P15
Spring 2022
It’s Time to Frost Seed! By Victor Shelton, Retired NRCS Agronomist/

Grazing Specialist
February is quite often a fields are lacking sufficient as possible. usually say the ideal time is
good month to catch up on legume. I like to see at least Red and white clover both somewhere between Christ-
work, at least it is for me. thirty percent of the stand are fairly easy to frost-seed mas and Valentine’s Day, but
I’m finally used to the cold being legumes. Legumes, this time of year and gener- it’s usually a little bit longer
by now and unless it’s snow- such as clover, increase the ally that is the least expen- than that.
ing or some other form of quality of a pasture and can sive way to enhance legumes Occasionally in the south-
frozen precipitation, or too also fix nitrogen to help the in the pasture. It is basical- ern portion of the state we
windy, I’m probably going to grass component of the pas- ly the process of broadcast- are a little more limited with
be outside working on some- ture. When fertilizer is ex- ing the legume seed onto the most ideal conditions to
thing. The wind is the main pensive, you want as much the soil’s surface during the really “frost” seed – that is
deterrent for me, and my dog natural nitrogen produced winter dormant months. I continued on page 30
sidekick will agree. An uncle
of mine used to say, “Wind
can ruin the best of any day,” Are You Tired...
and he was right – it can
make any day dustier, colder
or it can just be annoying.
In February, the ground of Buying Bulls that Melt and Fall Apart?
“usually” isn’t frozen that
deep, if at all, and therefore
makes it a good time to build We have Thick, Easy-Fleshing Bulls that are Developed on Fescue!
or repair fence. Posts drive
into the ground quite nicely Because of the way our bulls have been bred and developed,
and you don’t have to fight as
much vegetation putting up they will breed twice as many cows for twice as many years!
wire.
I find this to be a good
time to spend checking fence
lines, trimming limbs back as
needed and finishing sawing
up any trees or limbs that
fell during summer storms.
That seems to be a job that
never quite gets finished. I
also find that it is a good
time, if I can force myself to
do it, to cut and remove any Angus — Red Angus — Polled Hereford — Heat-Tolerant
woody plants or briars from th
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to the ground and two, it serves as a great
marker for the tractor or ATV.