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Jan 2024
One of the great partnerships we’ve had is with the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition (SDSHC). The Grazing Exchange, initiated by the SDSHC, is a way to get livestock integrated into cropland and providing rest to grasslands. In addition, it also is a way to connect people who have grass but don’t have livestock. This program pro- motes sustainable linkages between our two organizations.
What is the Grazing Exchange
The Grazing Exchange https://sdgrazingexchange.com/ allows folks to register what resource they have (livestock, cover crops, crop residue, pasture, or bales) and places that information on a dynamic map.
The benefits to getting livestock onto cropland:
• Increases nutrient cycling and reduces fertilizer inputs
• Aids in reducing crop residue for no-till seeding
• Gives perennial pastures a rest in the fall to improve pasture health
Ways to do it:
• Fall and winter grazing of cover crops and crop residues
• Summer grazing full-season cover crops
• Winter feeding hay on cropland and hayland by either rolling out bales or bale grazing