Section 8 Table of Contents

Table 1.8-8

Table 1.8-8. Estimates of acreage required to provide forage needs for one animal unit, assuming 70 percent pasture utilization.
Pasture species Pasture prod. Animal yield
(T/A DM)		 Acres required to provide forage needs for one animal unit¹
April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
  1. Based on an animal unit consuming 25 pounds of dry matter (DM) forage per day with 70 percent of pasture utilized.
Ky. bluegrass/white clover low 1.0 10.7 1.2 2.7 11.1 11.1 1.5 6.9 — —
medium 2.0 5.4 0.6 1.3 5.5 5.5 2.2 3.5 — —
high 3.0 3.6 0.4 0.9 3.7 3.7 1.5 2.3 — —
Alfalfa/grass low 3.0 — 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.8 3.1 — —
medium 4.5 — 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.8 1.2 2.1 — —
high 6.0 — 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.5 — —
Red clover/grass low 2.0 — 0.9 1.3 2.3 2.3 1.7 3.5 — —
medium 3.0 — 0.6 0.9 1.5 1.5 1.1 2.3 — —
high 4.5 — 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.0 0.7 1.5 — —
Bdsft trefoil/grass low 2.0 — 1.0 1.1 1.8 1.8 1.8 9.2 — —
medium 3.0 — 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.2 1.2 6.2 — —
high 3.5 — 0.6 0.6 1.1 1.1 1.0 5.3 — —
Tall grass plus nitrogen low 2.0 5.4 0.8 1.3 2.8 2.3 1.8 9.2 — —
medium 3.0 3.6 0.5 0.9 1.8 1.5 1.2 6.2 — —
high 4.5 2.4 0.4 0.9 1.2 1.0 0.8 4.1 — —
Warm-season grass low 3.0 — — 0.9 0.6 0.6 1.2 — — —
medium 4.0 — — 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.9 — — —
high 5.0 — — 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.7 — — —
Stockpiled tall fescue low 3.0 3.6 0.6 0.9 1.5 — — 1.7 1.5 1.6
medium 4.5 2.4 0.4 0.6 1.0 — — 1.1 1.0 1.0
high 5.5 1.9 0.3 0.5 0.8 — — 0.9 0.8 0.9
Spring-seeded brassicas low 2.5 — — — 1.1 0.6 0.5 — — —
medium 3.8 — — — 0.7 0.4 0.4 — — —
high 5.0 — — — 0.6 0.3 0.3 — — —
Summer-seeded brassicas low 2.0 — — — — — — 1.4 0.6 0.6
medium 3.0 — — — — — — 0.9 0.4 0.4
high 4.0 — — — — — — 0.7 0.3 0.3
Corn stover   1.7 — — — — — — — 0.3 —