Diet Mixing: Increasing Intake of Unpalatable Plants

Authors

Beth Burritt, Utah State University

Document Type

Factsheet

Publisher

Utah State University Extension

Publication Date

4-1-2012

Abstract

The cows at Ray Banister’s ranch readily eat plants that cows don’t normally eat, such as sagebrush and snowberry. Banister uses a management style he calls boom-bust grazing. It involves short, intensive periods of grazing followed by two growing seasons of rest.

Recommended Citation

Burritt, Beth, "Diet Mixing: Increasing Intake of Unpalatable Plants" (2012). All Current Publications. Paper 1179.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/extension_curall/1179