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(Lesson 6. Managing for a Year-Long Forage Supply continued)

1. Spring and early summer; mid-summer; late summer and fall
2. mid-summer
3. True
4. False
5. Stock pastures lightly all through the growing season; Make early cut hay on some pasture land and use these fields for grazing in summer; Remove animals altogether in summer months
6. intensity of grazing; duration of grazing; resting of recovery period; size and number of paddocks
7. Managing plant growth and plant health
8. Summer annuals; Summer N Fertilization; Adding forage legumes in grass pastures
9. Stockpiling idles acres that are needed for summer grazing; Stockpiled feed is low in quality
10. Legumes add N to pastures; Legumes increase productivity and intake potential of grass pastures; Legumes grow more during the summer than grasses